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Carles Llor1, Silvia Hernández Anadón, Frederic Francesc Gómez Bertomeu

  • 1Medicina de Familia, Centro de Salud Jaume I, Tarragona, Spain. carles.llor@urv.cat

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|December 5, 2008
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