Lung Cancer
Volume 70, Issue 2 , Pages 227-228 , November 2010

Complex rather than vague

  • Martina S. Vos

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Received 7 July 2010

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PII: S0169-5002(10)00375-2

doi: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2010.07.012

Lung Cancer
Volume 70, Issue 2 , Pages 227-228 , November 2010

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