Do viruses cause breast cancer?

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 471, Issue , 2009, Pages 421-438

  Lawson, James S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Diet; food; Hormones; Human papilloma virus; Mouse mammary tumor virus; Viruses

Indexed keywords

ALPHAPAPILLOMAVIRUS; ANIMAL; BREAST TUMOR; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; FEMALE; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; MOUSE; MOUSE MAMMARY TUMOR ONCOVIRUS; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; VIROLOGY;

ALPHAPAPILLOMAVIRUS; ANIMALS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HERPESVIRUS 4, HUMAN; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; MAMMARY TUMOR VIRUS, MOUSE; MICE;

HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS; MOUSE MAMMARY TUMOR VIRUS; MUS;

EID: 60349123502     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-59745-416-2_21     Document Type: Review

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