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Cancer and complementary medicine: an international perspective

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  1. Department of Medicine, National Research Center in Complementary and Alternative Medicine, University of Tromsø, N-9037, Tromsø, Norway

    Vinjar Fønnebø

  2. Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, 3330, Hospital Drive NW, Calgary, AB, T2N 4N1, Canada

    Marja Verhoef

  3. Institute of Health & Social Care Research, Peninsula Medical School, St Luke’s Campus, Heavitree Road, Exeter, EX1 2LU, UK

    Charlotte Paterson

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Fønnebø, V., Verhoef, M. & Paterson, C. Cancer and complementary medicine: an international perspective. Support Care Cancer 15, 999–1002 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00520-007-0287-y

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