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Family physicians' use of medical abstracts to guide decision making: style or substance?

H C Barry, M H Ebell, A F Shaughnessy, D C Slawson and F Nietzke
The Journal of the American Board of Family Practice November 2001, 14 (6) 437-442;
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vol. 14 no. 6 437-442
PubMed 
11757886

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The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine
Print ISSN 
1557-2625
Online ISSN 
1558-7118
History 
  • Published online November 1, 2001.


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  1. H C Barry,
  2. M H Ebell,
  3. A F Shaughnessy,
  4. D C Slawson and
  5. F Nietzke
  1. Department of Family Practice, College of Human Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing 48824-1315, USA.
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