Towards an integrated view of the neoplastic phenomena in cancer research

History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 79-98

  Bertolaso, Marta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CAMPUS BIO MEDICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cancer research; Complexity; Epistemology; Reductionism

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HISTORY; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NEOPLASM; PHILOSOPHY;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; NEOPLASMS; PHILOSOPHY, MEDICAL;

EID: 70449728159     PISSN: 03919714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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