Can complementary medicine be evidence-based ?
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Evidence based medicine can ’ t be . . . ∗
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عنوان ژورنال: Western Journal of Medicine
سال: 2000
ISSN: 0093-0415
DOI: 10.1136/ewjm.173.1.4