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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
MD
Kenneth Fletcher
PhD
Lucy Candib
MD

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The Journal of the American Board of Family
Medicine
Vol. 20, Issue 4
July-August 2007
Physicians’ Perceptions of Adult Patients’ History of Child Abuse in Family Medicine Settings
Linda Weinreb, Kenneth Fletcher, Lucy Candib, Gonzalo Bacigalupe
The Journal of the American Board of Family
Medicine Jul 2007, 20 (4) 417-419; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2007.04.060208
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