Education, survival and avoidable deaths in cancer patients in Finland
✍ Scribed by Pokhrel, A; Martikainen, P; Pukkala, E; Rautalahti, M; Seppä, K; Hakulinen, T
- Book ID
- 110000647
- Publisher
- Nature Publishing Group
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 284 KB
- Volume
- 103
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0007-0920
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