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Management of Test Results in Family Medicine Offices

Nancy C. Elder, Timothy R. McEwen, John M. Flach and Jennie J. Gallimore
The Annals of Family Medicine July 2009, 7 (4) 343-351; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.961
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vol. 7 no. 4 343-351
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.961
PubMed 
19597172

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The Annals of Family Medicine
Print ISSN 
1544-1709
Online ISSN 
1544-1717
History 
  • Received for publication May 14, 2008
  • Revision received October 8, 2008
  • Accepted for publication October 13, 2008
  • Published online July 13, 2009.

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  1. Nancy C. Elder, MD1,
  2. Timothy R. McEwen, MS2,
  3. John M. Flach, PhD2 and
  4. Jennie J. Gallimore, PhD3
  1. 1Department of Family Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio
  2. 2Department of Psychology, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio
  3. 3Department of Biomedical, Industrial and Human Factors Engineering, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio
  1. CORRESPONDING AUTHOR: Nancy C. Elder, MD, MSPH Department of Family Medicine University of Cincinnati PO Box 670582 Cincinnati, OH 45267-0582 eldernc{at}fammed.uc.edu

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