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Chopra, A.S. (2003). Āyurveda. In: Selin, H. (eds) Medicine Across Cultures. Science Across Cultures: The History of Non-Western Science, vol 3. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-48094-8_4

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