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Research Article

On the meaning of change in a clinician's routine measure of outcome: HoNOSCA

(Director Research and Evaluation, Adjunct Lecturer) & (Professor)
Pages 1097-1104 | Received 16 Jan 2010, Accepted 28 Jul 2010, Published online: 11 Nov 2010

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