An oral cancer biobank initiative: A platform for multidisciplinary research in a developing country

Cell and Tissue Banking

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 45-52

  Zain, Rosnah Binti ^a   Athirajan, Vimmitra ^a   Ghani, Wan Maria Nabillah ^a   Razak, Ishak Abdul ^a   Raja Latifah, Raja Jalaludin ^a   Ismail, Siti Mazlipah ^a   Sallam, Atiya Abdul ^a   Bustam, Anita Zarina ^a   Rahman, Zainal Ariff Abdul ^a   Hussien, Adam ^b   Talib, Norain ^c   Cheong, Sok Ching ^a,d   Jallaludin, Amin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b SCHOOL OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Malaysia)

^d CANCER RESEARCH INITIATIVES FOUNDATION   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Biobank; Malaysia; Multidisciplinary team; Oral cancer

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873731822     PISSN: 13899333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10561-012-9298-0     Document Type: Article

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