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. 2005 Jan;90(1):43–47. doi: 10.1136/adc.2004.055103

How should paediatric examiners be trained?

N Khera 1, H Davies 1, H Davies 1, T Lissauer 1, D Skuse 1, R Wakeford 1, J Stroobant 1
PMCID: PMC1720079  PMID: 15613510

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