Narrating oncogenesis: The problem of telling when cancer begins

Narrative

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 229-247

  Belling, Catherine ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 78650621010     PISSN: 10633685     EISSN: 1538974X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/nar.0.0041     Document Type: Review

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