Identifying a risk profile for thyroid cancer

Arquivos Brasileiros de Endocrinologia e Metabologia

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 713-722

  Ward, Laura Sterian ^a   Morari, Elaine Cristina ^a   Leite, Janaina Luisa ^a   Bufalo, Natassia Elena ^a   Guilhen, Ana Carolina Trindade ^a   De Araujo, Priscilla Pereira C ^a   Tincani, Alfio J ^a   Assumpção, Ligia V M ^a   Matos, Patricia Sabino ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Environment; Outcome; Predisposition factors; Susceptibility genes

Indexed keywords

EID: 35348854411     PISSN: 00042730     EISSN: 16779487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-27302007000500008     Document Type: Review

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