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01-02-2019 | Letter to the Editor

A letter to the editor referencing “Objective and subjective financial burden and its associations with health-related quality of life among lung cancer patients”

Author: Joohyun Park

Published in: Supportive Care in Cancer | Issue 2/2019

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Title: A letter to the editor referencing “Objective and subjective financial burden and its associations with health-related quality of life among lung cancer patients”
Author: Joohyun Park
Publication date: 01-02-2019
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: Supportive Care in Cancer / Issue 2/2019
Print ISSN: 0941-4355
Electronic ISSN: 1433-7339
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00520-018-4267-1

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