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Should Radon Counseling Wait on Evidence?

John G. Spangler
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine May 2021, 34 (3) 670-672; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2021.03.210114
John G. Spangler
From the Department of Family Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC.
MD, MPH
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