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Main Authors: Elena Salmoirago-Blotcher MD, PhD, Sybil Crawford PhD, Chau Tran BA, Robert Goldberg PhD, Lawrence Rosenthal MD, PhD, Ira Ockene MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2012-10-01
Series:Journal of Evidence-Based Complementary & Alternative Medicine
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/2156587212447627