INTEGRATION OF PROSPECTIVE QUALITY OF LIFE AND NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT AS ROUTINE COMPONENTS OF MULTIDISCIPLINARY CARE OF PATIENTS WITH HEAD AND NECK CANCER
✍ Scribed by Justine Oates; Jonathan R. Clark; Jane Read; Nicole Reeves; Kan Gao; Christopher J. O’Brien
- Book ID
- 108995804
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 621 KB
- Volume
- 78
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1445-1433
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