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Making sense of seasonal fluctuations in lymphoma diagnosis

Ellen T. Chang Northern California Cancer Center, Fremont, CA, USA and the Department of Health Research and Policy, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Christina A. Clarke Northern California Cancer Center, Fremont, CA, USA and the Department of Health Research and Policy, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
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Sally L. Glaser Northern California Cancer Center, Fremont, CA, USA and the Department of Health Research and Policy, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
Pages 223-224 | Published online: 01 Jul 2009

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