Quality of life assessment. An independent prognostic variable for survival in lung cancer
β Scribed by Patricia A. Ganz; J. Jack Lee; Jessie Siau
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1991
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 441 KB
- Volume
- 67
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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