Effects of complementary therapy on health in a national U.S. sample of older adults.

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Published in J Altern Complement Med on July 01, 2010

Authors

Ha T Nguyen1, Joseph G Grzywacz, Wei Lang, Michael Walkup, Thomas A Arcury

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Family and Community Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC 27157, USA. hnguyen@wfubmc.edu

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