Does a mailed continuing education program improve physician performance? Results of a randomized trial in antihypertensive care.

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Published in JAMA on February 07, 1986

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C E Evans, R B Haynes, N J Birkett, J R Gilbert, D W Taylor, D L Sackett, M E Johnston, S A Hewson

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