Emergency Department Query for Patient-Centered Approaches to Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
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عنوان ژورنال: JAMA Internal Medicine
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2168-6106
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2017.0906