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Weight Status and Perception of Colorectal Cancer Risk

Heather Bittner Fagan, Randa Sifri, Richard Wender, Elena Schumacher and James F. Reed
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine November 2012, 25 (6) 792-797; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2012.06.120017
Heather Bittner Fagan
From the Department of Family and Community Medicine, Christiana Care Health System, Wilmington, DE (HBF, JFR); the Department of Family and Community Medicine, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia (RS, RW); the Helen F. Graham Cancer Center; and Academic Affairs, Christiana Care Health System, Newark, DE (ES).
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Randa Sifri
From the Department of Family and Community Medicine, Christiana Care Health System, Wilmington, DE (HBF, JFR); the Department of Family and Community Medicine, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia (RS, RW); the Helen F. Graham Cancer Center; and Academic Affairs, Christiana Care Health System, Newark, DE (ES).
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Richard Wender
From the Department of Family and Community Medicine, Christiana Care Health System, Wilmington, DE (HBF, JFR); the Department of Family and Community Medicine, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia (RS, RW); the Helen F. Graham Cancer Center; and Academic Affairs, Christiana Care Health System, Newark, DE (ES).
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Elena Schumacher
From the Department of Family and Community Medicine, Christiana Care Health System, Wilmington, DE (HBF, JFR); the Department of Family and Community Medicine, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia (RS, RW); the Helen F. Graham Cancer Center; and Academic Affairs, Christiana Care Health System, Newark, DE (ES).
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James F. Reed III
From the Department of Family and Community Medicine, Christiana Care Health System, Wilmington, DE (HBF, JFR); the Department of Family and Community Medicine, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia (RS, RW); the Helen F. Graham Cancer Center; and Academic Affairs, Christiana Care Health System, Newark, DE (ES).
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