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Concerns with complementary and alternative medicines

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 March 2006

I. R. Appadurai  and
C. L. Hanna
I. R. Appadurai
Affiliation:
Department of Anaesthetics, University Hospital of Wales, Heath Park, Cardiff, UK
C. L. Hanna
Affiliation:
Velindre NHS Trust, Cardiff, UK
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European Journal of Anaesthesiology , Volume 23 , Issue 5 , May 2006 , pp. 441 - 442
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2006 European Society of Anaesthesiology

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