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. 2022 May;37(7):1799-1801.
doi: 10.1007/s11606-021-06983-3. Epub 2021 Jul 8.

A Survey of Aspirin Knowledge Among the General Public

Joshua L Owen  1 , J Logan Rush  1 , Eric S Armbrecht  2 , Ali Javaheri  3 , Ramona Behshad  4
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A Survey of Aspirin Knowledge Among the General Public

Joshua L Owen et al. J Gen Intern Med. 2022 May.
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Percent of survey respondents who correctly identified aspirin risks/attributes (n=388).
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