Interrater Reliability of Chinese Medicine Diagnosis in People with Prediabetes
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Interrater Reliability of Chinese Medicine Diagnosis in People with Prediabetes
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عنوان ژورنال: Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1741-427X,1741-4288
DOI: 10.1155/2013/710892