Research ArticleOriginal Research

The Impact of Primary Care Physicians on Follow-up Care of Underserved Breast Cancer Survivors

Rose C. Maly, Yihang Liu, Allison L. Diamant and Amardeep Thind
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine November 2013, 26 (6) 628-636; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2013.06.120345

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