Comfort of general internists and general pediatricians in providing care for young adults with chronic illnesses of childhood.

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Published in J Gen Intern Med on July 26, 2008

Authors

Megumi J Okumura1, Michele Heisler, Matthew M Davis, Michael D Cabana, Sonya Demonner, Eve A Kerr

Author Affiliations

1: Division of General Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94118, USA. okumuram@peds.ucsf.edu

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