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The Role of Usual Source of Care in Cholesterol Treatment

Paul Winters, Daniel Tancredi and Kevin Fiscella
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine March 2010, 23 (2) 179-185; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2010.02.090084
Paul Winters
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Kevin Fiscella
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