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COURSES FOR HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS
Botanical Medicine in Modern Clinical Practice
Offered annually at Columbia University, College of Physicians &
Surgeons
New York, NY; http://rosenthal.hs.columbia.edu/
(212) 342-0101
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