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The Joy of Family Practice

William Ventres
The Annals of Family Medicine May 2012, 10 (3) 264-268; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.1372
William Ventres
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vol. 10 no. 3 264-268
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.1372
PubMed 
22585892

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The Annals of Family Medicine
Print ISSN 
1544-1709
Online ISSN 
1544-1717
History 
  • Received for publication June 29, 2011
  • Revision received August 23, 2011
  • Accepted for publication October 10, 2011
  • Published online May 14, 2012.

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  1. William Ventres, MD, MA⇓
  1. Master’s Program in Public Health, University of El Salvador School of Medicine, San Salvador, El Salvador; and Department of Family Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University; Portland, Oregon
  1. CORRESPONDING AUTHOR: William Ventres, MD, MA, Master’s Program in Public Health, University of El Salvador School of Medicine, Edificio “La Rotonda”, Calle Arce y Avenida 25 Sur San Salvador, El Salvador, wventres{at}gmail.com

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