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Reliability of the Whiff Test in Clinical Practice
Andreas Cohrssen, Matthew Anderson, Alina Merrill and Diane McKee
The Journal of the American Board of Family
Practice November 2005, 18 (6) 561-562; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.18.6.561
Andreas Cohrssen
MD
Matthew Anderson
MD, MSc
Alina Merrill
DO

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Reliability of the Whiff Test in Clinical Practice
Andreas Cohrssen, Matthew Anderson, Alina Merrill, Diane McKee
The Journal of the American Board of Family
Practice Nov 2005, 18 (6) 561-562; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.18.6.561
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