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A Randomized Controlled Trial to Improve Colon Cancer Screening in Rural Family Medicine: An Iowa Research Network (IRENE) Study

Barcey T. Levy, Yinghui Xu, Jeanette M. Daly and John W. Ely
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine September 2013, 26 (5) 486-497; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2013.05.130041

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