Pancreatic cancer in the media: The Swayze shift

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 537-538

  Williamson, James M L ^a   Hocken, David B ^a  

^a GREAT WESTERN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; HISTORY; HUMAN; LETTER; PANCREAS TUMOR; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC FIGURE; PUBLICATION; STATISTICS;

FAMOUS PERSONS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; NEWSPAPERS; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 77957907070     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1308/003588410X12771863936044     Document Type: Note

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