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Patient selection for clinical trials risks versus benefits and quality of life issues

✍ Scribed by Walter Lawrence Jr.

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 1993
Tongue: English
Weight: 297 KB
Volume: 72
Category: Article
ISSN: 0008-543X
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0142(19931101)72:9+<2798::aid-cncr2820721504>3.0.co;2-#

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