Quality-of-life assessment in cancer clinical trials: an intervention by itself?
✍ Scribed by J. Bernhard; H. Gusset; C. Hürny
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 1995
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 613 KB
- Volume
- 3
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0941-4355
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