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Pedometers As a Means to Increase Ambulatory Activity for Patients Seen at a Family Medicine Clinic
Steven D. Stovitz, Jeffrey J. VanWormer, Bruce A. Center and Karin Lindstrom Bremer
The Journal of the American Board of Family
Practice September 2005, 18 (5) 335-343; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.18.5.335
Steven D. Stovitz
Jeffrey J. VanWormer
Bruce A. Center

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Pedometers As a Means to Increase Ambulatory Activity for Patients Seen at a Family Medicine Clinic
Steven D. Stovitz, Jeffrey J. VanWormer, Bruce A. Center, Karin Lindstrom Bremer
The Journal of the American Board of Family
Practice Sep 2005, 18 (5) 335-343; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.18.5.335
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