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Where Should Family Medicine Papers be Published—Following the Impact Factor?

Roni Peleg and Pesach Shvartzman
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine November 2006, 19 (6) 633-636; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.19.6.633
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