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A Short History of Primary Care Practice-based Research Networks: From Concept to Essential Research Laboratories

Larry A. Green and John Hickner
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine January 2006, 19 (1) 1-10; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.19.1.1
Larry A. Green
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