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JF Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine
JO Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine
YR 2009
FD July 6
VO 163
IS 7
SP 615
OP 615
DO 10.1001/archpedi.163.7.615
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archpedi.163.7.615
AB 
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