Race, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status influence the survival of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma in the United States
โ Scribed by Avo Artinyan; Brian Mailey; Nicelio Sanchez-Luege; Joshua Khalili; Can-Lan Sun; Smita Bhatia; Lawrence D. Wagman; Nicholas Nissen; Steven D. Colquhoun; Joseph Kim
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 308 KB
- Volume
- 116
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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