Research ArticleOriginal Article
Missed Opportunities to Vaccinate Older Adults in Primary Care
Mary Patricia Nowalk, Richard Kent Zimmerman, Stephanie M. Cleary and Richard D. Bruehlman
The Journal of the American Board of Family
Practice January 2005, 18 (1) 20-27; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.18.1.20
Mary Patricia Nowalk
PhD, RD
Richard Kent Zimmerman
MD, MPH
Stephanie M. Cleary
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The Journal of the American Board of Family
Practice
Vol. 18, Issue 1
1 Jan 2005
Missed Opportunities to Vaccinate Older Adults in Primary Care
Mary Patricia Nowalk, Richard Kent Zimmerman, Stephanie M. Cleary, Richard D. Bruehlman
The Journal of the American Board of Family
Practice Jan 2005, 18 (1) 20-27; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.18.1.20
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