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Evidence-based medicine remains one’s best defense against quackery

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  1. Department of Emergency Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, 7007, 14 St. SW Room 5A105, Calgary, AB, T2V 1P9, Canada

    Eddy S. Lang & Jose S. Santa-Cruz

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Lang, E.S., Santa-Cruz, J.S. Evidence-based medicine remains one’s best defense against quackery. Intern Emerg Med 10, 635–636 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11739-015-1274-9

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