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Using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to Understand a Community's Primary Care Needs
Michael F. Dulin, Thomas M. Ludden, Hazel Tapp, Joshua Blackwell, Brisa Urquieta de Hernandez, Heather A. Smith and Owen J. Furuseth
The Journal of the American Board of Family
Medicine January 2010, 23 (1) 13-21; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2010.01.090135
Michael F. Dulin
MD, PhD
Thomas M. Ludden
MA
Hazel Tapp
PhD
Joshua Blackwell
MS
Brisa Urquieta de Hernandez
BUS
Heather A. Smith
PhD

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Using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to Understand a Community's Primary Care Needs
Michael F. Dulin, Thomas M. Ludden, Hazel Tapp, Joshua Blackwell, Brisa Urquieta de Hernandez, Heather A. Smith, Owen J. Furuseth
The Journal of the American Board of Family
Medicine Jan 2010, 23 (1) 13-21; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2010.01.090135
Using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to Understand a Community's Primary Care Needs
Michael F. Dulin, Thomas M. Ludden, Hazel Tapp, Joshua Blackwell, Brisa Urquieta de Hernandez, Heather A. Smith, Owen J. Furuseth
The Journal of the American Board of Family
Medicine Jan 2010, 23 (1) 13-21; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2010.01.090135
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