Cancer pain epidemiology

Cancer Pain: Assessment and Management, Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 37-52

  Higginson, Irene J ^a   Murtagh, Fliss ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 80052721999     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511642357.004     Document Type: Chapter

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