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‘Coming Down the Line’— Patients’ Understanding of Their Family History of Common Chronic Disease

Fiona M. Walter and Jon Emery
The Annals of Family Medicine September 2005, 3 (5) 405-414; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.368
Fiona M. Walter
MA, MSc, FRCGP
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vol. 3 no. 5 405-414
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.368
PubMed 
16189056

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The Annals of Family Medicine
Print ISSN 
1544-1709
Online ISSN 
1544-1717
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  • Published online September 27, 2005.

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  1. Fiona M. Walter, MA, MSc, FRCGP1 and
  2. Jon Emery, DPhil, FRACGP2
  1. 1General Practice & Primary Care Research Unit, Department of Public Health & Primary Care, Institute of Public Health, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
  2. 2General Practice, School of Primary, Aboriginal and Rural Health Care (SPARHC), University of Western Australia, Claremont, Western Australia, AU
  1. CORRESPONDING AUTHOR: Fiona M. Walter, MA, MSc, FRCGP, General Practice & Primary Care Research Unit, Department of Public Health & Primary Care, Institute of Public Health, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 2SR, fmw22{at}medschl.cam.ac.uk

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