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Gender and Peripheral Arterial Disease
Tracie C. Collins, Maria Suarez-Almazor, Ruth L. Bush and Nancy J. Petersen
The Journal of the American Board of Family
Medicine March 2006, 19 (2) 132-140; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.19.2.132
Tracie C. Collins
MD, MPH
Maria Suarez-Almazor
MD, PhD
Ruth L. Bush
MD

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The Journal of the American Board of Family
Medicine
Vol. 19, Issue 2
March-April 2006
Gender and Peripheral Arterial Disease
Tracie C. Collins, Maria Suarez-Almazor, Ruth L. Bush, Nancy J. Petersen
The Journal of the American Board of Family
Medicine Mar 2006, 19 (2) 132-140; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.19.2.132
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