Terminal cancer: duration and prediction of survival time
✍ Scribed by J Llobera; M Esteva; J Rifà; E Benito; J Terrasa; C Rojas; O Pons; G Catalán; A Avellà
- Book ID
- 117657014
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 154 KB
- Volume
- 36
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0959-8049
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