Psychological, physical, social, and economic impact of travelling great distances for cancer treatment

Current Oncology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2005, Pages

  Lightfoot, Nancy ^a   Steggles, Shawn ^b   Gauthier Frohlick, Denise ^a   Arbour Gagnon, Rachelle ^a   Conlon, Michael ^a   Innes, Connie ^c   O'Bonsawin, Lisa ^c   Merali, Hasan ^a  

^a Northeastern Ontario Regional Cancer Centre   (Canada)

^b ST LUKE S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^c Societe canadienne du cancer   (Canada)

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EID: 51649117867     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17187729     Source Type: Journal    
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