Sir Karl Popper, swans, and the general practitioner.

Ron Berghmans; Harry C. Schouten

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Sir Karl Popper, swans, and the general practitioner.

November 16, 2011

Berghmans R, Schouten HC. BMJ. 2011;343:d5469.

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