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The relationship between weight loss and health-related quality of life in persons treated for head and neck cancer

✍ Scribed by Barbara A. Head; Luke Heitz; Cynthia Keeney; John Myers; Savitri N. Appana; Jamie L. Studts; Jeffrey Bumpous; Mark Pfeifer


Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Year
2010
Tongue
English
Weight
232 KB
Volume
19
Category
Article
ISSN
0941-4355

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