Academic Pediatrics
Volume 9, Issue 1 , Pages 47-52 , January 2009

Practice Variation in Parental Assessment of Pediatric Ambulatory Care

Received 4 December 2007 ,Accepted 16 November 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.acap.2008.11.006

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