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Editorial
. 2008 May 20;148(10):783-5.
doi: 10.7326/0003-4819-148-10-200805200-00011.

It's time to overcome clinical inertia

Editorial

It's time to overcome clinical inertia

Lawrence S Phillips et al. Ann Intern Med. .
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