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Sufficiently Important Difference for Common Cold: Severity Reduction

Bruce Barrett, Brian Harahan, David Brown, Zhengjun Zhang and Roger Brown
The Annals of Family Medicine May 2007, 5 (3) 216-223; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.698
Bruce Barrett
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vol. 5 no. 3 216-223
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.698
PubMed 
17548849

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The Annals of Family Medicine
Print ISSN 
1544-1709
Online ISSN 
1544-1717
History 
  • Received for publication September 19, 2006
  • Revision received December 19, 2006
  • Accepted for publication December 26, 2006
  • Published online June 4, 2007.

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  1. Bruce Barrett, MD, PhD1,
  2. Brian Harahan, BA1,2,
  3. David Brown, PhD3,
  4. Zhengjun Zhang, PhD1 and
  5. Roger Brown, PhD1
  1. 1Department of Family Medicine, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisc
  2. 2School of Medicine, University of Wisconsin, Madison Wisc
  3. 3Provincial Health Services Authority, and Department of Family Practice, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
  1. CORRESPONDING AUTHOR: Bruce Barrett, MD, PhD, Department of Family Medicine, University of Wisconsin, 777 South Mills, WI 53715, bruce.barrett{at}fammed.wisc.edu

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