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Review
. 2003 Jul 8;169(1):30-1.

Why most interventions to improve physician prescribing do not seem to work

Sumit R Majumdar  1 , Stephen B Soumerai
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Why most interventions to improve physician prescribing do not seem to work

Sumit R Majumdar et al. CMAJ. .
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