Symptom Clusters: The New Frontier in Symptom Management Research
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Symptom clusters: the new frontier in symptom management research.
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the National Cancer Institute Monographs
سال: 2004
ISSN: 1052-6773
DOI: 10.1093/jncimonographs/lgh023