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A Questionnaire for Assessing Fear of Radiotherapy in Oncology Patients

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|Apr 2018

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/sjecr-2017-0033 | Journal eISSN: 2956-2090 | Journal ISSN: 2956-0454
Language: English
Page range: 57 - 63
Submitted on: May 24, 2016
Accepted on: Oct 30, 2016
Published on: Apr 11, 2018
Published by: University of Kragujevac, Faculty of Medical Sciences
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

© 2018 Marija Zivkovic Radojevic, Marko Folic, Slobodan Jankovic, published by University of Kragujevac, Faculty of Medical Sciences
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