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#Diversity: Conversations on Twitter about Women and Black Men in Medicine

Ranit Mishori, Lisa Singh, Kenneth W. Lin and Yifang Wei
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine January 2019, 32 (1) 28-36; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2019.01.180175

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