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The Brazilian Medical Association ( pt, Associação Médica Brasileira) founded in 1951, is the national class association of
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s in
Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...
. With more than 140,000 associates, it is the second largest in the
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, just after the
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. Its official
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, ''Revista da Associação Médica Brasileira'' (), is published by
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Medical associations based in Brazil Organizations established in 1951 1951 establishments in Brazil {{med-org-stub