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Laura Tolbaños Roche1, María Teresa Miró Barrachina1, Ignacio Ibáñez Fernández1

  • 1Department of Clinical Psychology, Psychobiology and Methodology, Section of Psychology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universidad de La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain.

Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice
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