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THE INTEGRATION OF CHINESE MEDICINE AND WESTERN MEDICINE : FOCUS ON MENTAL ILLNESS

@inproceedings{LakeTHEIO,
  title={THE INTEGRATION OF CHINESE MEDICINE AND WESTERN MEDICINE : FOCUS ON MENTAL ILLNESS},
  author={James H. Lake},
  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:53005677}
}
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