Research ArticleOriginal Research

Effectiveness of Academic Detailing on Breast Cancer Screening among Primary Care Physicians in an Underserved Community

Sherri Sheinfeld Gorin, Alfred R. Ashford, Rafael Lantigua, Ashfaque Hossain, Manisha Desai, Andrea Troxel and Donald Gemson
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine March 2006, 19 (2) 110-121; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.19.2.110

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