What do rheumatologists do? A pilot audit study.

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Published in Br J Rheumatol on August 01, 1990

Authors

A N Bamji1, P A Dieppe, D I Haslock, M E Shipley

Author Affiliations

1: Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup, Kent.

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