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Prevalence and determinants of distress among oncology patients at a tertiary care medical city in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Luluh Y. Alsughayer, Lamees A. Altamimi, Futoon S. Alsaleh, Lamya Alsaghan, Ibrahim Alfurayh, Nashwa M. Abdel-Aziz, Khalid A. Alsaleh and Fahad D. Alosaimi
Saudi Medical Journal July 2021, 42 (7) 761-768; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2021.42.7.20210121

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