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Health-related quality of life assessed by the EORTC QLQ-C30 questionnaire in the general slovenian population

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|Apr 2017

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/raon-2017-0021 | Journal eISSN: 1581-3207 | Journal ISSN: 1318-2099
Language: English
Page range: 342 - 350
Submitted on: Jan 15, 2017
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Accepted on: Mar 17, 2017
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Published on: Apr 22, 2017
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

© 2017 Vaneja Velenik, Ajra Secerov-Ermenc, Jasna But-Hadzic, Vesna Zadnik, published by Association of Radiology and Oncology
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