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Physician-Patient Colorectal Cancer Screening Discussions by Physicians' Screening Rates

Cathleen M. O'Farrell, Beverly B. Green, Robert J. Reid, Deborah Bowen and Laura-Mae Baldwin
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine November 2012, 25 (6) 771-781; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2012.06.110279
Cathleen M. O'Farrell
From the Department of Family Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle (CMO, LMB); the Group Health Research Institute, Seattle, WA (BG, RR); and the Department of Community Health Sciences, Boston University, Boston, MA (DB).
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Beverly B. Green
From the Department of Family Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle (CMO, LMB); the Group Health Research Institute, Seattle, WA (BG, RR); and the Department of Community Health Sciences, Boston University, Boston, MA (DB).
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Robert J. Reid
From the Department of Family Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle (CMO, LMB); the Group Health Research Institute, Seattle, WA (BG, RR); and the Department of Community Health Sciences, Boston University, Boston, MA (DB).
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Deborah Bowen
From the Department of Family Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle (CMO, LMB); the Group Health Research Institute, Seattle, WA (BG, RR); and the Department of Community Health Sciences, Boston University, Boston, MA (DB).
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Laura-Mae Baldwin
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