Species differences in thyroid, kidney and urinary bladder carcinogenesis / edited by C.C. Capen ... [et al.]. - Lyon : Carey, NC : International Agency for Research on Cancer ; Distributed by Oxford University Press, 1999. - vii, 225 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - IARC scientific publications, no. 147 0300-5085 ; .

An IARC workshop held in Lyon, Nov. 3-7, 1997.

Includes bibliographical references.

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Thyroid Neoplasms--etiology--Congresses.
Bladder Neoplasms--etiology--Congresses.
Kidney Neoplasms--etiology--Congresses.
Species Specificity--Congresses.
Thyroid gland--Cancer--Congresses.
Kidneys--Cancer--Congresses.
Bladder--Cancer--Congresses.
Carcinogenesis--Congresses.
Species--Congresses.

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