OtherFamily Medicine and the Health Care System
Primary Care Experience and Racial Disparities in Self-Reported Health Status
Leiyu Shi, Lisa H. Green and Sophia Kazakova
The Journal of the American Board of Family
Practice November 2004, 17 (6) 443-452; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.17.6.443
Leiyu Shi
DrPH, MBA, MPA
Lisa H. Green
PhD
Sophia Kazakova
MD, MPH, PhD

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Primary Care Experience and Racial Disparities in Self-Reported Health Status
Leiyu Shi, Lisa H. Green, Sophia Kazakova
The Journal of the American Board of Family
Practice Nov 2004, 17 (6) 443-452; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.17.6.443
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