8 edition of Genes and the biology of cancer found in the catalog.
Published
1993
by Scientific American Library, Distributed by W.H. Freeman and Co. in New York
.
Written in English
Edition Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. [215]) and index.
| Statement | Harold Varmus, Robert A. Weinberg. |
| Series | Scientific American Library series,, no. 42 |
| Contributions | Weinberg, Robert A. 1942- |
| Classifications | |
|---|---|
| LC Classifications | RC268.5 .V37 1993 |
| The Physical Object | |
| Pagination | vii, 214, [1] p. : |
| Number of Pages | 214 |
| ID Numbers | |
| Open Library | OL1717936M |
| ISBN 10 | 0716750376 |
| LC Control Number | 92020554 |
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