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2002 ACC/AHA Guideline Versus Clinician Judgment as Diagnostic Tests for Chest Pain
Stephen M. Hagberg, Finbar Woitalla and Paul Crawford
The Journal of the American Board of Family
Medicine March 2008, 21 (2) 101-107; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2008.02.070146
Stephen M. Hagberg
MD
Finbar Woitalla
DO
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2002 ACC/AHA Guideline Versus Clinician Judgment as Diagnostic Tests for Chest Pain
Stephen M. Hagberg, Finbar Woitalla, Paul Crawford
The Journal of the American Board of Family
Medicine Mar 2008, 21 (2) 101-107; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2008.02.070146
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