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Resource review on: How to Read a Paper – the Basics of Evidence Based Medicine. Fourth edition. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell 2010
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  1. Terrence Shaneyfelt
  1. Correspondence to Terrence Shaneyfelt
    Birmingham Veterans Affairs Medical Center and University of Alabama School of Medicine, Birmingham, Alabama, USA; Terry.Shaneyfelt{at}va.gov

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