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The impact of health insurance status on the survival of patients with head and neck cancer

✍ Scribed by Joseph Kwok; Scott M. Langevin; Athanassios Argiris; Jennifer R. Grandis; William E. Gooding; Emanuela Taioli

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 2010
Tongue: English
Weight: 220 KB
Volume: 116
Category: Article
ISSN: 0008-543X
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.24774

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