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Changes to work status and household income of long-term allogeneic blood and marrow transplant survivors in New South Wales, Australia

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Dyer, G., Brice, L., Gilroy, N. et al. Changes to work status and household income of long-term allogeneic blood and marrow transplant survivors in New South Wales, Australia. Bone Marrow Transplant 53, 926–931 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41409-018-0098-4

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