Research ArticleOriginal Research
The Role of Usual Source of Care in Cholesterol Treatment
Paul Winters, Daniel Tancredi and Kevin Fiscella
The Journal of the American Board of Family
Medicine March 2010, 23 (2) 179-185; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2010.02.090084
Paul Winters
MS
Daniel Tancredi
PhD

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Paul Winters, Daniel Tancredi, Kevin Fiscella
The Journal of the American Board of Family
Medicine Mar 2010, 23 (2) 179-185; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2010.02.090084
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