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. 2017 Feb 21;317(7):766-768.
doi: 10.1001/jama.2016.18553.

Website Characteristics and Physician Reviews on Commercial Physician-Rating Websites

Tara Lagu  1 , Katherine Metayer  2 , Michael Moran  3 , Leidy Ortiz  4 , Aruna Priya  1 , Sarah L Goff  1 , Peter K Lindenauer  1
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Website Characteristics and Physician Reviews on Commercial Physician-Rating Websites

Tara Lagu et al. JAMA. .
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