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The quality of life of patients following treatment for laryngeal cancer

✍ Scribed by Andrew R. Harwood; Ellen Rawlinson

Publisher: Elsevier Science
Year: 1983
Tongue: English
Weight: 492 KB
Volume: 9
Category: Article
ISSN: 0360-3016
DOI: 10.1016/0360-3016(83)90292-4

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