Explore: The Journal of Science and Healing
Volume 2, Issue 1 , Page 7 , January 2006

Open letter in response to the article in the Lancet

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doi: 10.1016/j.explore.2005.12.001

Explore: The Journal of Science and Healing
Volume 2, Issue 1 , Page 7 , January 2006