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Variations in Glucose Test Ordering Practices by Diabetes Risk Factors
Florence J. Dallo, Susan C. Weller and Alvah R. Cass
The Journal of the American Board of Family
Medicine May 2008, 21 (3) 249-250; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2008.03.070221
Florence J. Dallo
PhD, MPH
Susan C. Weller
PhD
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Vol. 21, Issue 3
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Variations in Glucose Test Ordering Practices by Diabetes Risk Factors
Florence J. Dallo, Susan C. Weller, Alvah R. Cass
The Journal of the American Board of Family
Medicine May 2008, 21 (3) 249-250; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2008.03.070221
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