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Card Studies for Observational Research in Practice

John M. Westfall, Linda Zittleman, Elizabeth W. Staton, Bennett Parnes, Peter C. Smith, Linda J. Niebauer, Douglas H. Fernald, Javan Quintela, Rebecca F. Van Vorst, L. Miriam Dickinson and Wilson D. Pace
The Annals of Family Medicine January 2011, 9 (1) 63-68; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.1199
John M. Westfall
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Elizabeth W. Staton
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John M. Westfall, Linda Zittleman, Elizabeth W. Staton, Bennett Parnes, Peter C. Smith, Linda J. Niebauer, Douglas H. Fernald, Javan Quintela, Rebecca F. Van Vorst, L. Miriam Dickinson, Wilson D. Pace
The Annals of Family Medicine Jan 2011, 9 (1) 63-68; DOI: 10.1370/afm.1199

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