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Comment
. 2012 Mar 6;184(4):438; author reply 438-9.
doi: 10.1503/cmaj.112-2023.

Re-rethinking the article by Thombs and colleagues

Wolfgang Linden, Andrea Vodermaier
Comment

Re-rethinking the article by Thombs and colleagues

Wolfgang Linden et al. CMAJ. .
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