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Interventions to Improving Osteoporosis Screening: An Iowa Research Network (IRENE) Study
Barcey T. Levy, Arthur Hartz, George Woodworth, Yinghui Xu and Suzanne Sinift
The Journal of the American Board of Family
Medicine July 2009, 22 (4) 360-367; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2009.04.080071
Barcey T. Levy
Arthur Hartz
George Woodworth
Yinghui Xu

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