Use of complementary/alternative medicine by breast cancer survivors in Ontario: prevalence and perceptions.

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Published in J Clin Oncol on July 01, 2000

Authors

H Boon1, M Stewart, M A Kennard, R Gray, C Sawka, J B Brown, C McWilliam, A Gavin, R A Baron, D Aaron, T Haines-Kamka

Author Affiliations

1: Centre for Studies in Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Western Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. heather.boon@utoronto.ca

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