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Steven Woloshin1, Lisa M Schwartz, Samuel L Casella

  • 1Veterans Affairs Outcomes Group, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, White River Junction, Vermont 05009, USA.

Annals of Internal Medicine
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