Discrepant Views of Korean Medical Oncologists and Cancer Patients on Complementary and Alternative Medicine
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عنوان ژورنال: Cancer Research and Treatment
سال: 2008
ISSN: 1598-2998
DOI: 10.4143/crt.2008.40.2.87