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Original Article

A National Survey of Asthma Knowledge and Practices Among Specialists and Primary Care Physicians

Susan Janson Department of Community Health Systems, University of California, San Francisco, Box 0608, San Francisco, California, 94143‐0608, USA
, F.A.A.N. , D.N.Sc. , R.N. , A.N.P. &
Kevin Weiss Center for Healthcare Studies, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, IllinoisUSA; The Midwest Center for Health Services and Policy Research, Hines VA Medical Center, Hines, IllinoisUSA
, M.D.
Pages 343-348 | Published online: 26 Aug 2009

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