The IARC and mechanistic evidence

Causality in the Sciences

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Leuridan, Bert ^a   Weber, Erik ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cancer; Causality; IARC; Mechanistic evidence

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051532583     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199574131.003.0005     Document Type: Chapter

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