Herbal medicine for low back pain: a Cochrane review.

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Published in Spine (Phila Pa 1976) on January 01, 2007

Authors

Joel J Gagnier1, Maurits W van Tulder, Brian Berman, Claire Bombardier

Author Affiliations

1: Institute of Medical Science, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. j.gagnier@utoronto.ca

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