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  Vol. 6 No. 5, September 1997 TABLE OF CONTENTS
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David J. Doukas, MD; Michael Fetters, MD, MPH; Mack T. Ruffin IV, MD, MPH; Laurence B. McCullough, PhD

Arch Fam Med. 1997;6(5):486-490.


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