IARC's plea for traditional 'expert' working groups-a recipe for problems?

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1727-1728

  Erren, Thomas C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THEORETICAL STUDY; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE;

ARTICLE; CARCINOGENICITY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER; NEOPLASM; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESEARCH;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CAUSALITY; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; EPIDEMIOLOGIC FACTORS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 83455216206     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyr155     Document Type: Article

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