Lessons learned in the development of process quality indicators for cancer care in Japan

BioPsychoSocial Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Higashi, Takahiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

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EID: 78049369464     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17510759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1751-0759-4-14     Document Type: Review

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