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Received from the Harrisburg Hospital Family Practice Residency Program, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Dr. Slawson is currently at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia.
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Shaughnessy, A.F., Slawson, D.C. & Bennett, J.H. Separating the wheat from the chaff. J Gen Intern Med 9, 563–568 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02599283
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