Maintenance of certification and its association with the clinical knowledge of family physicians

Academic Medicine

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 780-787

  O'neill, Thomas R ^a   Puffer, James C ^a  

^a AMERICAN BOARD OF FAMILY MEDICINE   (United States)

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EID: 84878936187     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: 1938808X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e3182900de4     Document Type: Article

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