Heart, Lung and Circulation
Volume 16, Issue 4 , Pages 285-289 , August 2007

Quality of Life after Lung Cancer Surgery: Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery versus Thoracotomy

Received 12 December 2006 ,Revised 1 February 2007 ,Accepted 1 February 2007.

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PII: S1443-9506(07)00123-0

doi: 10.1016/j.hlc.2007.02.081

Heart, Lung and Circulation
Volume 16, Issue 4 , Pages 285-289 , August 2007

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