Psychometric evaluation of Self-Assessed Support Needs of women with breast cancer Scale
β Scribed by Behice Erci
- Book ID
- 108846786
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 97 KB
- Volume
- 16
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0962-1067
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