Use of complementary health practices by prostate carcinoma patients undergoing radiation therapy
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عنوان ژورنال: Cancer
سال: 2000
ISSN: 0008-543X,1097-0142
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0142(20000201)88:3<615::aid-cncr18>3.0.co;2-p