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Effects of occupational therapy on quality of life of patients with metastatic prostate cancer

A randomized controlled study

Meral Huri, Emre Huri, Hulya Kayihan and Onur Altuntas
Saudi Medical Journal August 2015, 36 (8) 954-961; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2015.8.11461
Meral Huri
From the Department of Occupational Therapy (Huri M, Kayihan, Altuntas), Department of Urology (Huri E), Faculty of Health Sciences, Hacettepe University, Samanpazarı, Ankara, Turkey
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Emre Huri
From the Department of Occupational Therapy (Huri M, Kayihan, Altuntas), Department of Urology (Huri E), Faculty of Health Sciences, Hacettepe University, Samanpazarı, Ankara, Turkey
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Hulya Kayihan
From the Department of Occupational Therapy (Huri M, Kayihan, Altuntas), Department of Urology (Huri E), Faculty of Health Sciences, Hacettepe University, Samanpazarı, Ankara, Turkey
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Onur Altuntas
From the Department of Occupational Therapy (Huri M, Kayihan, Altuntas), Department of Urology (Huri E), Faculty of Health Sciences, Hacettepe University, Samanpazarı, Ankara, Turkey
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