Presenting the alternative: cancer and complementary and alternative medicine in the Canadian print media.

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Published in Support Care Cancer on July 12, 2007

Authors

Laura Weeks1, Marja Verhoef, Catherine Scott

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, 3330 Hospital Drive NW, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. lvanderh@ucalgary.ca

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