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Practitioners and clinical trials

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    Eugene V. Boisaubin MD

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Boisaubin, E.V. Practitioners and clinical trials. J GEN INTERN MED 17, 738–739 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1525-1497.2002.20730.x

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