Influence of Distance from Home to Hospital on Survival among Lung Cancer Patients |
Tanaka, Rina
(Department of Medical Informatics, Hirosaki University Graduate School of Medicine)
Matsuzaka, Masashi (Department of Medical Informatics, Hirosaki University Hospital) Nakaji, Shigeyuki (Department of Social Medicine, Hirosaki University Graduate School of Medicine) Sasaki, Yoshihiro (Department of Medical Informatics, Hirosaki University Graduate School of Medicine) |
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