Research ArticleOriginal Research
Diffusion of Breast Cancer Risk Assessment in Primary Care
Carmen E. Guerra, Melani Sherman and Katrina Armstrong
The Journal of the American Board of Family
Medicine May 2009, 22 (3) 272-279; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2009.03.080153
Carmen E. Guerra
MD, MSCE
Melani Sherman
BA
Katrina Armstrong
MD, MSCE

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