Procedures’ costs related to outpatient chemotherapy treatment of women suffering from breast cancer
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عنوان ژورنال: Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da USP
سال: 2014
ISSN: 0080-6234
DOI: 10.1590/s0080-623420140000400018