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African-Caribbean cancer consortium for the study of viral, genetic and environmental cancer risk factors

Authors: Camille C Ragin, Emanuela Taioli, Norma McFarlane-Anderson, Gordon Avery, Franklyn Bennett, Adelia Bovell-Benjamin, Angela Brown Thompson, Agatha Carrington, Lydia Campbell-Everett, Jacqueline Ford, Anselm Hennis, Maria Jackson, Sandra Lake, M Cristina Leske, Carol Magai, Barbara Nemesure, Alfred Neugut, Folakemi Odedina, Michael Okobia, Alan Patrick, Wallis Best Plummer, R Renee Reams, Robin Roberts, Sharaneen Scott-Hastings, Sangita Sharma, Victor Wheeler, Suh-Yuh Wu, Clareann Bunker

Published in: Infectious Agents and Cancer | Issue 1/2007

Abstract

This is a short summary of a meeting of the "African-Caribbean Cancer Consortium", jointly organized by the University of Pittsburgh, Department of Epidemiology and the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, held in Montego Bay, Jamaica as a satellite meeting at the Caribbean Health Research Council, 52^nd Annual Council and Scientific meeting on May 4, 2007.

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Title: African-Caribbean cancer consortium for the study of viral, genetic and environmental cancer risk factors
Authors: Camille C Ragin
Emanuela Taioli
Norma McFarlane-Anderson
Gordon Avery
Franklyn Bennett
Adelia Bovell-Benjamin
Angela Brown Thompson
Agatha Carrington
Lydia Campbell-Everett
Jacqueline Ford
Anselm Hennis
Maria Jackson
Sandra Lake
M Cristina Leske
Carol Magai
Barbara Nemesure
Alfred Neugut
Folakemi Odedina
Michael Okobia
Alan Patrick
Wallis Best Plummer
R Renee Reams
Robin Roberts
Sharaneen Scott-Hastings
Sangita Sharma
Victor Wheeler
Suh-Yuh Wu
Clareann Bunker
Publication date: 01-12-2007
Publisher: BioMed Central
Published in: Infectious Agents and Cancer / Issue 1/2007
Electronic ISSN: 1750-9378
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/1750-9378-2-17

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