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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

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A Short History of Primary Care Practice-based Research Networks: From Concept to Essential Research Laboratories
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Medicine Jan 2006, 19 (1) 1-10; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.19.1.1
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