Italian performance in cancer research

Tumori

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 133-141

  Micheh, Andrea ^a   Di Salvo, Francesca ^a   Lombardo, Claudio ^b   Ciampichin, Roberta ^a   Ugolini, Donatella ^c   Bailit, Paolo ^a   Pierotti, Marco A ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cancer research; Impact factor; Italy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BELGIUM; BRAZIL; CANADA; CANCER RESEARCH; CHINA; DATA BASE; FRANCE; GERMANY; INDIA; INDONESIA; ITALY; JAPAN; KOREA; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEXICO; NETHERLANDS; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SPAIN; SWEDEN; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67649088875     PISSN: 03008916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030089160909500201     Document Type: Article

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