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The Rural Medical Scholars Program Study: Data to Inform Rural Health Policy

John R. Wheat, James D. Leeper, John E. Brandon, Susan M. Guin and James R. Jackson
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine January 2011, 24 (1) 93-101; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2011.01.100013
John R. Wheat
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