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An Assessment of the Hawthorne Effect in Practice-based Research

Douglas H. Fernald, Letoynia Coombs, Lauren DeAlleaume, David West and Bennett Parnes
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine January 2012, 25 (1) 83-86; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2012.01.110019
Douglas H. Fernald
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Douglas H. Fernald, Letoynia Coombs, Lauren DeAlleaume, David West, Bennett Parnes
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Jan 2012, 25 (1) 83-86; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2012.01.110019

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The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Jan 2012, 25 (1) 83-86; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2012.01.110019
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