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placebos and health  

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  • Placebos are physically inert substances or procedures that are presented to patients in the guise of physically active treatments. Most placebos are capsules or pills that look exactly like the active drug to which they are being compared. [Source: Encyclopedia of Health and Behavior; Placebos and Health]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-CN7JJHTH-1

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