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. 2020 Dec 8:20:101258.
doi: 10.1016/j.pmedr.2020.101258. eCollection 2020 Dec.

A call for screening for physical dysfunction in clinical practice

Christopher N Sciamanna  1   2 , Margaret K Danilovich  1   2
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A call for screening for physical dysfunction in clinical practice

Christopher N Sciamanna et al. Prev Med Rep. .
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The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.

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