“Economic evaluation of gemcitabine in the treatment of pancreatic cancer in the UK”
✍ Scribed by Nick Bansback; Sue Ward; Jon Karnon
- Book ID
- 106294826
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- French
- Weight
- 152 KB
- Volume
- 5
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1618-7598
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