Current practices in cancer pain management in Asia: a survey of patients and physicians across 10 countries. (27th April 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: The ACHEON Working Group; Kim, Yong‐Chul; Ahn, Jin Seok; Calimag, Maria Minerva P.; Chao, Ta Chung; Ho, Kok Yuen; Tho, Lye Mun; Xia, Zhong‐Jun; Ward, Lois; Moon, Hanlim; Bhagat, Abhishek
• Is Part Of: Cancer medicine. Volume 4:Number 8(2015:Aug.)
• Page Start: 1196
• Page End: 1204
• Publication Date: 2015-04-27
• Subjects: 616.994005
• DOI: 10.1002/cam4.471
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2045-7634

Abstract

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