Snake oil science : the truth about complementary and alternative medicine /

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Author / Creator:Bausell, R. Barker, 1942-
Imprint:Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.
Description:xix, 324 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6686389
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ISBN:9780195313680 (alk. paper)
0195313682 (alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. [295]-315) and index.

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