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Academic Medicine

Volumn 88, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1064-1066

  Kirch, Darrell G ^a   Prescott, John E ^a  

^a ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN MEDICAL COLLEGES   (United States)

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EID: 84882451018     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: 1938808X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e318299efd9     Document Type: Review

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