A prospective multicentre study in Sweden and Norway of mental distress and psychiatric morbidity in head and neck cancer patients
✍ Scribed by Hammerlid, E; Ahlner-Elmqvist, M; Bjordal, K; Biörklund, A; Evensen, J; Boysen, M; Jannert, M; Kaasa, S; Sullivan, M; Westin, T
- Book ID
- 110002235
- Publisher
- Nature Publishing Group
- Year
- 1999
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 196 KB
- Volume
- 80
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0007-0920
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