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Primary Care Physicians’ Knowledge and Practice Patterns in the Treatment of Chronic Kidney Disease: An Upstate New York Practice-based Research Network (UNYNET) Study
Chester H. Fox, Amanda Brooks, Luis E. Zayas, William McClellan and Brian Murray
The Journal of the American Board of Family
Medicine January 2006, 19 (1) 54-61; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.19.1.54
Chester H. Fox
MD
Amanda Brooks
MD
Luis E. Zayas
PhD
William McClellan
MD

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In this issue
The Journal of the American Board of Family
Medicine
Vol. 19, Issue 1
January-February 2006
Primary Care Physicians’ Knowledge and Practice Patterns in the Treatment of Chronic Kidney Disease: An Upstate New York Practice-based Research Network (UNYNET) Study
Chester H. Fox, Amanda Brooks, Luis E. Zayas, William McClellan, Brian Murray
The Journal of the American Board of Family
Medicine Jan 2006, 19 (1) 54-61; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.19.1.54
Primary Care Physicians’ Knowledge and Practice Patterns in the Treatment of Chronic Kidney Disease: An Upstate New York Practice-based Research Network (UNYNET) Study
Chester H. Fox, Amanda Brooks, Luis E. Zayas, William McClellan, Brian Murray
The Journal of the American Board of Family
Medicine Jan 2006, 19 (1) 54-61; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.19.1.54
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