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Physicians’ Perceptions of Adult Patients’ History of Child Abuse in Family Medicine Settings

Linda Weinreb, Kenneth Fletcher, Lucy Candib and Gonzalo Bacigalupe
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine July 2007, 20 (4) 417-419; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2007.04.060208
Linda Weinreb
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