A study of childhood cancer survivors' engagement with long-term follow-up care: ‘To attend or not to attend, that is the question’
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عنوان ژورنال: European Journal of Oncology Nursing
سال: 2020
ISSN: 1462-3889
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejon.2020.101728