Should the EU also wage war against cancer? And if so, how? Foreword and afterthoughts to this special issue on cancer control at the European level

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1341-1344

  Coebergh, Jan Willem ^a,b   Albreht, Tit ^c  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b The Netherlands   (Netherlands)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER RESEARCH; EUROPE; EUROPEAN UNION; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 49949152591     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2008.04.010     Document Type: Note

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