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Investigating the Effect of Weather Events on Primary Care Clinicians across the United States

Elisabeth F. Callen and Tarin L. Clay
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine October 2023, jabfm.2023.230128R2; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2023.230128R2

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