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Referee's report by Edward Charles Dodds, on a paper 'The growth-inhibitory and carcinogenic properties of 4-aminostilbene and derivatives' by Alexander Haddow, R J C Harris, George Armand Robert Kon and E M F Roe

Reference number: RR/70/131

Date: 1947

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Sectional committee: Chemistry

He has already seen the paper in his capacity as a referee for the British Journal of Cancer Research, but it was turned down as they couldn't afford the space to print it. Some of the data is described at inordinate lengths and should be shortened.

[Published in Philosophical Transactions A, 1948].

Date received not given.

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Edward Charles Dodds, Referee's report by Edward Charles Dodds, on a paper 'The growth-inhibitory and carcinogenic properties of 4-aminostilbene and derivatives' by Alexander Haddow, R J C Harris, George Armand Robert Kon and E M F Roe, 1947, RR/70/131, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_70_131/referees-report-by-edward-charles-dodds-on-a-paper-the-growth-inhibitory-and-carcinogenic-properties-of-4-aminostilbene-and-derivatives-by-alexander-haddow-r-j-c-harris-george-armand-robert-kon-and-e-m-f-roe, accessed on 07 November 2025

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    This collection contains reports on scientific papers submitted for publication to the Royal Society. Started in 1832 when the system was formalised, it is a record of the origins of peer review publishing in practice.

    Dates: 1832 - 1954

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