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Acupuncture microsystems

Article  in  Acupuncture in Medicine · May 1995

DOI: 10.1136/aim.13.1.1

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numberhave been describednow, there are a smal
number of effeciive practitioners,but many others
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Acupuncture microsystems

Simon Hayhoe

Acupunct Med 1995 13: 1

doi: 10.1136/aim.13.1.1

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