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Screening Colonoscopies by Primary Care Physicians: A Meta-Analysis

Thad Wilkins, Bruce LeClair, Mark Smolkin, Kathy Davies, Andria Thomas, Marcia L. Taylor and Scott Strayer
The Annals of Family Medicine January 2009, 7 (1) 56-62; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.939
Thad Wilkins
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vol. 7 no. 1 56-62
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.939
PubMed 
19139450

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The Annals of Family Medicine
Print ISSN 
1544-1709
Online ISSN 
1544-1717
History 
  • Received for publication January 17, 2007
  • Revision received July 25, 2008
  • Accepted for publication August 4, 2008
  • Published online January 12, 2009.

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  1. Thad Wilkins, MD1,
  2. Bruce LeClair, MD, MPH1,
  3. Mark Smolkin, MS2,
  4. Kathy Davies, MLS3,
  5. Andria Thomas, PhD1,
  6. Marcia L. Taylor, MD, MSCR4 and
  7. Scott Strayer, MD, MPH5
  1. 1Department of Family Medicine, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, Georgia
  2. 2Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, Virginia
  3. 3Department of Education and Information Services, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, Georgia
  4. 4Lexington Medical Center, Lexington, South Carolina
  5. 5Department of Family Medicine, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, Virginia
  1. CORRESPONDING AUTHOR: Thad Wilkins, MD, Medical College of Georgia, HB-4031, Augusta, GA 30912, twilkins{at}mcg.edu
  1. The results of this study have been presented at the North American Primary Care Research Group meeting, October 2006.

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