Epidemiological evidence: IgE, atopy, and solid tumors

Cancer and IgE: Introducing the Concept of AllergoOncology

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 47-77

  Turner, Michelle C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-60761-451-7_4     Document Type: Chapter

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