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Original Article

General practitioners' awareness of their own drug prescribing profiles after postal feedback and outreach visits

Keld VægterUppsala University, Department of Public Health and Caring Sciences, Family Medicine and Preventive Medicine Section, Uppsala, Sweden;Centre for Research & Development in County Sörmland, Sweden
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Rolf WahlströmUppsala University, Department of Public Health and Caring Sciences, Family Medicine and Preventive Medicine Section, Uppsala, Sweden;Karolinska Institute, Division of Global Health (IHCAR), Department of Public Health Sciences, Stockholm, Sweden
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Kurt SvärdsuddUppsala University, Department of Public Health and Caring Sciences, Family Medicine and Preventive Medicine Section, Uppsala, SwedenCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 439-444 | Received 04 Jul 2012, Accepted 13 Jul 2012, Published online: 30 Aug 2012

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