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Placebo: the lie that comes true?
- Correspondence to Professor Stewart Justman, Liberal Studies Program, University of Montana, Liberal Arts Bldg. 101, Missoula, MT 59812, USA; stewart.justman{at}umontana.edu
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Placebo: the lie that comes true?
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- Received August 28, 2012
- Revised October 30, 2012
- Accepted November 19, 2012
- First published December 18, 2012.
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March 17, 2013
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