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December 2005 (Volume 83)
December 2005 | James F. Fries
This paper was first delivered as a keynote address to the Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences, Washington, October 20, 1982.
Reprinted from The Milbank Memorial Fund Quarterly, Vol. 61, No. 3, 1983 (pp. 397-419). Style and usage are unchanged.
Author(s): James F. Fries
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Volume 83, Issue 4 (pages 801-823) DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0009.2005.00401.x Published in 2005
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