Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 38, Issue 5 , Pages 566-569 , November 2001

Finding truths in clinical medicine: Through the looking glass—cracked

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doi: 10.1067/mem.2001.119251

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 38, Issue 5 , Pages 566-569 , November 2001

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