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Sample Closet Medications Are Neither Novel Nor Useful

Kari L. Evans, Steven R. Brown and Gerald W. Smetana
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine July 2013, 26 (4) 380-387; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2013.04.120330
Kari L. Evans
From the Department of Family and Community Medicine (SRB), University of Arizona College of Medicine, Phoenix (KLE); the Banner Good Samaritan Family Medicine Residency, Phoenix, AZ (SRB); and the Division of General Medicine and Primary Care, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (GWS).
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Steven R. Brown
From the Department of Family and Community Medicine (SRB), University of Arizona College of Medicine, Phoenix (KLE); the Banner Good Samaritan Family Medicine Residency, Phoenix, AZ (SRB); and the Division of General Medicine and Primary Care, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (GWS).
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Gerald W. Smetana
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vol. 26 no. 4 380-387
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2013.04.120330
PubMed 
23833152

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The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine
Print ISSN 
1557-2625
Online ISSN 
1558-7118
History 
  • Received for publication December 7, 2012
  • Revision received February 18, 2013
  • Accepted for publication February 22, 2013
  • Published online July 5, 2013.

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© Copyright 2013 by the American Board of Family Medicine.

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  1. Kari L. Evans, BS,
  2. Steven R. Brown, MD and
  3. Gerald W. Smetana, MD
  1. From the Department of Family and Community Medicine (SRB), University of Arizona College of Medicine, Phoenix (KLE); the Banner Good Samaritan Family Medicine Residency, Phoenix, AZ (SRB); and the Division of General Medicine and Primary Care, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (GWS).
  1. Corresponding author: Steven R. Brown MD, Banner Good Samaritan Family Medicine Residency, 1300 N. 12th St., Suite 605, Phoenix, AZ 85006 (E-mail: steven.brown{at}bannerhealth.com).
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