Dying from cancer or other chronic diseases in the Netherlands: Ten-year trends derived from death certificate data

BMC Palliative Care

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Van Der Velden, Lud F J ^a   Francke, Anneke L ^a   Hingstman, Lammert ^a   Willems, Dick L ^b  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

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EID: 60849097272     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1472684X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-684X-8-4     Document Type: Article

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