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Underdiagnosis of Obesity at a Community Health Center

Celeste A. Lemay, Suzanne Cashman, Judith Savageau, Kenneth Fletcher, Rebecca Kinney and Ellen Long-Middleton
The Journal of the American Board of Family Practice January 2003, 16 (1) 14-21; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.16.1.14
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