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Antibiotics for Upper Respiratory Tract Infections in Ambulatory Practice in the United States, 1997–1999: Does Physician Specialty Matter?
Olivier T. Rutschmann and Marisa Elena Domino
The Journal of the American Board of Family
Practice May 2004, 17 (3) 196-200; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.17.3.196
Olivier T. Rutschmann
MD, MPH
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The Journal of the American Board of Family
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Vol. 17, Issue 3
1 May 2004
Antibiotics for Upper Respiratory Tract Infections in Ambulatory Practice in the United States, 1997–1999: Does Physician Specialty Matter?
Olivier T. Rutschmann, Marisa Elena Domino
The Journal of the American Board of Family
Practice May 2004, 17 (3) 196-200; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.17.3.196
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