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After September, Dr. Linzer will be at the Division of General Internal Medicine, New England Medical Center, Boston, MA.

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Linzer, M. Critical appraisal. J Gen Intern Med 4, 457–459 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02599700

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