Making Sense of Carcinogens: A New Method for Navigating Mechanistic Data
Carol Potera, based in Montana, also writes for Microbe, Genetic Engineering News, and the American Journal of Nursing.
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Citation: Potera C. 2016. Making sense of carcinogens: a new method for navigating mechanistic data. Environ Health Perspect 124:A113; http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.124-A113
Published: 1 June 2016
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