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Missing forms and dropout in the TME quality of life substudy

✍ Scribed by H. Putter; C. A. M. Marijnen; E. Klein Kranenbarg; C. J. H. van de Velde; A. M. Stiggelbout

Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Year: 2005
Tongue: English
Weight: 234 KB
Volume: 14
Category: Article
ISSN: 0962-9343
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-004-0834-7

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