The need to develop centers for environmental oncology

Biomedicine and Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 61, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 614-622

  Lee Davis, Devra ^a   Donovan, Maryann ^a   Herberman, Ronald ^a   Gaynor, Mitchell ^b   Axelrod, Deborah ^c   van Larebeke, Nik ^d   Sasco, Annie J ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b STRANG CANCER PREVENTION CENTER   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^e INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Cancer; Carcinogenesis; Environmental; Epidemiology; Oncology; Risk; Toxicology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RESEARCH; CANCER SURVIVAL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENOME; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METABOLOMICS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NEOPLASM; ONCOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE;

CARCINOGENS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HUMANS; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; NEOPLASMS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 37049018653     PISSN: 07533322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopha.2007.06.006     Document Type: Article

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