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Translation of Research Into Practice: Why We Can’t “Just Do It”

Lee A. Green and Colleen M. Seifert
The Journal of the American Board of Family Practice November 2005, 18 (6) 541-545; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.18.6.541
Lee A. Green
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