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Improving Multiple Health Risk Behaviors in Primary Care: Lessons from the Prescription for Health COmmon Measures, Better Outcomes (COMBO) Study

Douglas H. Fernald, L. Miriam Dickinson, Desireé B. Froshaug, Bijal A. Balasubramanian, Jodi Summers Holtrop, Alex H. Krist, Russell E. Glasgow and Larry A. Green
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine September 2012, 25 (5) 701-711; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2012.03.110057
Douglas H. Fernald
From the Department of Family Medicine, University of Colorado, Aurora (DHF, LMD, LAG); the Colorado Foundation for Medical Care, Englewood (DBF); the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas (BAB); the Department of Family Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing (JSH); the Virginia Commonwealth University, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Richmond (AHK); and the Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, MD (REG).
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L. Miriam Dickinson
From the Department of Family Medicine, University of Colorado, Aurora (DHF, LMD, LAG); the Colorado Foundation for Medical Care, Englewood (DBF); the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas (BAB); the Department of Family Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing (JSH); the Virginia Commonwealth University, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Richmond (AHK); and the Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, MD (REG).
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Desireé B. Froshaug
From the Department of Family Medicine, University of Colorado, Aurora (DHF, LMD, LAG); the Colorado Foundation for Medical Care, Englewood (DBF); the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas (BAB); the Department of Family Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing (JSH); the Virginia Commonwealth University, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Richmond (AHK); and the Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, MD (REG).
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Bijal A. Balasubramanian
From the Department of Family Medicine, University of Colorado, Aurora (DHF, LMD, LAG); the Colorado Foundation for Medical Care, Englewood (DBF); the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas (BAB); the Department of Family Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing (JSH); the Virginia Commonwealth University, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Richmond (AHK); and the Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, MD (REG).
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Jodi Summers Holtrop
From the Department of Family Medicine, University of Colorado, Aurora (DHF, LMD, LAG); the Colorado Foundation for Medical Care, Englewood (DBF); the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas (BAB); the Department of Family Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing (JSH); the Virginia Commonwealth University, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Richmond (AHK); and the Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, MD (REG).
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Alex H. Krist
From the Department of Family Medicine, University of Colorado, Aurora (DHF, LMD, LAG); the Colorado Foundation for Medical Care, Englewood (DBF); the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas (BAB); the Department of Family Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing (JSH); the Virginia Commonwealth University, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Richmond (AHK); and the Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, MD (REG).
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Russell E. Glasgow
From the Department of Family Medicine, University of Colorado, Aurora (DHF, LMD, LAG); the Colorado Foundation for Medical Care, Englewood (DBF); the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas (BAB); the Department of Family Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing (JSH); the Virginia Commonwealth University, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Richmond (AHK); and the Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, MD (REG).
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Larry A. Green
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Douglas H. Fernald, L. Miriam Dickinson, Desireé B. Froshaug, Bijal A. Balasubramanian, Jodi Summers Holtrop, Alex H. Krist, Russell E. Glasgow, Larry A. Green
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Douglas H. Fernald, L. Miriam Dickinson, Desireé B. Froshaug, Bijal A. Balasubramanian, Jodi Summers Holtrop, Alex H. Krist, Russell E. Glasgow, Larry A. Green
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Sep 2012, 25 (5) 701-711; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2012.03.110057
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