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Diagnostics

Family medicine physician teachers and residents’ intentions to prescribe and interpret spirometry: a descriptive cross-sectional study

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Pages 149-159 | Received 17 Jul 2018, Accepted 24 Nov 2018, Published online: 23 Mar 2019

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