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Preventing the Voltage Drop: Keeping Practice-based Research Network (PBRN) Practices Engaged in Studies

Barbara P. Yawn, Allen Dietrich, Deborah Graham, Susan Bertram, Marge Kurland, Suzanne Madison, Dawn Littlefield, Brian Manning, Craig Smail and Wilson Pace
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine January 2014, 27 (1) 123-135; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2014.01.130026
Barbara P. Yawn
From the Department of Research, Olmsted Medical Center, Rochester, MN (BPW, SB, MK, SM, DL); the National Research Network, American Academy of Family Physicians, Leawood, KS (DG, BM, CS, WP); and the Dartmouth Medical Center, Dartmouth, NH (AD).
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Allen Dietrich
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Deborah Graham
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Susan Bertram
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Marge Kurland
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Suzanne Madison
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Dawn Littlefield
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Brian Manning
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Craig Smail
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Wilson Pace
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The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Jan 2014, 27 (1) 123-135; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2014.01.130026

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Barbara P. Yawn, Allen Dietrich, Deborah Graham, Susan Bertram, Marge Kurland, Suzanne Madison, Dawn Littlefield, Brian Manning, Craig Smail, Wilson Pace
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Jan 2014, 27 (1) 123-135; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2014.01.130026
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