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Harnessing Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to Enable Community-Oriented Primary Care

Andrew Bazemore, Robert L. Phillips and Thomas Miyoshi
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine January 2010, 23 (1) 22-31; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2010.01.090097
Andrew Bazemore
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