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Surveying Adolescents Enrolled in a Regional Health Care Delivery Organization: Mail and Phone Follow-up—What Works at What Cost?
Julie Richards, Cheryl Wiese, Wayne Katon, Carol Rockhill, Carolyn McCarty, David Grossman, Elizabeth McCauley and Laura P. Richardson
The Journal of the American Board of Family
Medicine July 2010, 23 (4) 534-541; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2010.04.100019
Julie Richards
MPH
Cheryl Wiese
MA
Wayne Katon
MD
Carol Rockhill
MD, MPH
Carolyn McCarty
PhD
David Grossman
MD, MPH
Elizabeth McCauley
PhD
Laura P. Richardson
MD, MPH
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Surveying Adolescents Enrolled in a Regional Health Care Delivery Organization: Mail and Phone Follow-up—What Works at What Cost?
Julie Richards, Cheryl Wiese, Wayne Katon, Carol Rockhill, Carolyn McCarty, David Grossman, Elizabeth McCauley, Laura P. Richardson
The Journal of the American Board of Family
Medicine Jul 2010, 23 (4) 534-541; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2010.04.100019
Surveying Adolescents Enrolled in a Regional Health Care Delivery Organization: Mail and Phone Follow-up—What Works at What Cost?
Julie Richards, Cheryl Wiese, Wayne Katon, Carol Rockhill, Carolyn McCarty, David Grossman, Elizabeth McCauley, Laura P. Richardson
The Journal of the American Board of Family
Medicine Jul 2010, 23 (4) 534-541; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2010.04.100019
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