An exposure driven functional model of carcinogenesis

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 195-198

  Lund, Eiliv ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARCINOGEN; TRANSCRIPTOME;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RESEARCH; CANCER STAGING; CARCINOGENESIS; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIGENETICS; EXPOSURE DRIVEN FUNCTIONAL MODEL; FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS; GENE CONTROL; GENE INTERACTION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STOMACH CANCER;

CARCINOGENS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GENOMICS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUTATION; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 79960627589     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: 15322777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2011.04.009     Document Type: Article

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