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One-View Chest Radiograph for Initial Management of Most Ambulatory Patients with Rib Pain

Emily Nishimura, Alyssa Finger, Mark Harris and Hyo-Chun Yoon
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine January 2021, 34 (1) 144-150; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2021.01.200276
Emily Nishimura
From Pomona College, Claremont, CA (EN); School of Medicine, Creighton University, Omaha, NE (AF); Brain and Spinal Injury Center, University of California, San Francisco, CA (MH); Hawaii Permanente Medical Group, Honolulu, HI (HCY).
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Alyssa Finger
From Pomona College, Claremont, CA (EN); School of Medicine, Creighton University, Omaha, NE (AF); Brain and Spinal Injury Center, University of California, San Francisco, CA (MH); Hawaii Permanente Medical Group, Honolulu, HI (HCY).
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Mark Harris
From Pomona College, Claremont, CA (EN); School of Medicine, Creighton University, Omaha, NE (AF); Brain and Spinal Injury Center, University of California, San Francisco, CA (MH); Hawaii Permanente Medical Group, Honolulu, HI (HCY).
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Hyo-Chun Yoon
From Pomona College, Claremont, CA (EN); School of Medicine, Creighton University, Omaha, NE (AF); Brain and Spinal Injury Center, University of California, San Francisco, CA (MH); Hawaii Permanente Medical Group, Honolulu, HI (HCY).
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