Cancer pain management according to WHO analgesic guidelines
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Interventional Analgesic Management of Lung Cancer Pain
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management
سال: 1990
ISSN: 0885-3924
DOI: 10.1016/s0885-3924(05)80006-5