Annual Physical Examination for Adolescents: A Reassessment
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Annual physical examination for adolescents: a reassessment.
In his review of 12 studies of the results of more than 20,000 physical examinations of adolescents, Dr. Stickler of the Mayo Clinic calls into question the value of annual physical examinations in adolescents. I There are actually three separate and important questions here. First is whether there is a medical reason that adolescents have a physician-performed physical examination before they ...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine
سال: 2000
ISSN: 1557-2625,1558-7118
DOI: 10.3122/15572625-13-3-224