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The Consequential Validity of ABFM Examinations

Kenneth D. Royal and James C. Puffer
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine May 2014, 27 (3) 430-431; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2014.03.140089
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