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Family Medicine Patients’ Use of the Internet for Health Information: A MetroNet Study

Kendra L. Schwartz, Thomas Roe, Justin Northrup, James Meza, Raouf Seifeldin and Anne Victoria Neale
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine January 2006, 19 (1) 39-45; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.19.1.39
Kendra L. Schwartz
MD, MSPH
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Thomas Roe
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Justin Northrup
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James Meza
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Raouf Seifeldin
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Anne Victoria Neale
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The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Jan 2006, 19 (1) 39-45; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.19.1.39

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