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Increasing Access to Care for Brazos Valley, Texas: A Rural Community of Solution

Whitney R. Garney, Kelly Drake, Monica L. Wendel, Kenneth McLeroy, Heather R. Clark and Byron Ryder
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine May 2013, 26 (3) 246-253; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2013.03.120242
Whitney R. Garney
From the Center for Community Health Development, Texas A&M School of Rural Public Health, College Station, TX (WRG, KD, MLW, KM, HRC); and the Judicial and Administrative Department, Leon County Government, TX (BR).
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Kelly Drake
From the Center for Community Health Development, Texas A&M School of Rural Public Health, College Station, TX (WRG, KD, MLW, KM, HRC); and the Judicial and Administrative Department, Leon County Government, TX (BR).
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Monica L. Wendel
From the Center for Community Health Development, Texas A&M School of Rural Public Health, College Station, TX (WRG, KD, MLW, KM, HRC); and the Judicial and Administrative Department, Leon County Government, TX (BR).
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Kenneth McLeroy
From the Center for Community Health Development, Texas A&M School of Rural Public Health, College Station, TX (WRG, KD, MLW, KM, HRC); and the Judicial and Administrative Department, Leon County Government, TX (BR).
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Heather R. Clark
From the Center for Community Health Development, Texas A&M School of Rural Public Health, College Station, TX (WRG, KD, MLW, KM, HRC); and the Judicial and Administrative Department, Leon County Government, TX (BR).
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Byron Ryder
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Whitney R. Garney, Kelly Drake, Monica L. Wendel, Kenneth McLeroy, Heather R. Clark, Byron Ryder
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine May 2013, 26 (3) 246-253; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2013.03.120242

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Whitney R. Garney, Kelly Drake, Monica L. Wendel, Kenneth McLeroy, Heather R. Clark, Byron Ryder
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine May 2013, 26 (3) 246-253; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2013.03.120242
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