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Claire Jeans1, Bena Brown2, Elizabeth C Ward3

  • 1Speech Pathologist, Speech Pathology Department, Calvary Mater Hospital Newcastle, New South Wales Australia; PhD candidate, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Queensland, Queensland, Australia.

British Journal of Community Nursing
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Axillary lymph node dissectionDysphagiaHead and neck cancerLymphoedemaRisk factors

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