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. 2008 Dec 11;35(8):389–391. [Article in Spanish] doi: 10.1157/13074790

¿Medicinas complementarias o alternativas? Un dilema para el sistema público

J Caminal Homar 1
PMCID: PMC7668826  PMID: 15882493

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