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[…] University to 1962.” Brigham Young University, 1973. Maynard, Gregory Phillip. “Alexander William Doniphan, the Forgotten Man from Missouri.” Brigham Young University, 1973. Miller, Michael K. “Toward a Measurement of the Adequacy of Health Services […]