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01-11-2010 | Review Article

Revealing the secrets of placebo effects

Author: Pekka Louhiala

Published in: Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy | Issue 4/2010

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Title: Revealing the secrets of placebo effects
Author: Pekka Louhiala
Publication date: 01-11-2010
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Published in: Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy / Issue 4/2010
Print ISSN: 1386-7423
Electronic ISSN: 1572-8633
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11019-010-9278-8

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