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Accuracy and Congruence of Patient and Physician Weight-Related Discussions: From Project CHAT (Communicating Health: Analyzing Talk)

Michael E. Bodner, Rowena J. Dolor, Truls Ǿstbye, Pauline Lyna, Stewart C. Alexander, James A. Tulsky and Kathryn I. Pollak
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine January 2014, 27 (1) 70-77; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2014.01.130110
Michael E. Bodner
From the Cancer Prevention, Detection and Control Research Program, Duke Cancer Institute, Durham, NC (MEB, PL, KIP); the School of Human Kinetics, Trinity Western University, Langley, British Columbia, Canada (MEB); the Durham VA Medical Center, Center for Health Services Research, Durham, NC (RJD, SCA, JAT); the Departments of Medicine (RJD, SCA, JAT) and Community and Family Medicine (TǾ, KIP), Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC; and Health Services and Systems Research, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, Singapore (TǾ).
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Rowena J. Dolor
From the Cancer Prevention, Detection and Control Research Program, Duke Cancer Institute, Durham, NC (MEB, PL, KIP); the School of Human Kinetics, Trinity Western University, Langley, British Columbia, Canada (MEB); the Durham VA Medical Center, Center for Health Services Research, Durham, NC (RJD, SCA, JAT); the Departments of Medicine (RJD, SCA, JAT) and Community and Family Medicine (TǾ, KIP), Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC; and Health Services and Systems Research, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, Singapore (TǾ).
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Truls Ǿstbye
From the Cancer Prevention, Detection and Control Research Program, Duke Cancer Institute, Durham, NC (MEB, PL, KIP); the School of Human Kinetics, Trinity Western University, Langley, British Columbia, Canada (MEB); the Durham VA Medical Center, Center for Health Services Research, Durham, NC (RJD, SCA, JAT); the Departments of Medicine (RJD, SCA, JAT) and Community and Family Medicine (TǾ, KIP), Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC; and Health Services and Systems Research, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, Singapore (TǾ).
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Pauline Lyna
From the Cancer Prevention, Detection and Control Research Program, Duke Cancer Institute, Durham, NC (MEB, PL, KIP); the School of Human Kinetics, Trinity Western University, Langley, British Columbia, Canada (MEB); the Durham VA Medical Center, Center for Health Services Research, Durham, NC (RJD, SCA, JAT); the Departments of Medicine (RJD, SCA, JAT) and Community and Family Medicine (TǾ, KIP), Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC; and Health Services and Systems Research, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, Singapore (TǾ).
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Stewart C. Alexander
From the Cancer Prevention, Detection and Control Research Program, Duke Cancer Institute, Durham, NC (MEB, PL, KIP); the School of Human Kinetics, Trinity Western University, Langley, British Columbia, Canada (MEB); the Durham VA Medical Center, Center for Health Services Research, Durham, NC (RJD, SCA, JAT); the Departments of Medicine (RJD, SCA, JAT) and Community and Family Medicine (TǾ, KIP), Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC; and Health Services and Systems Research, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, Singapore (TǾ).
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James A. Tulsky
From the Cancer Prevention, Detection and Control Research Program, Duke Cancer Institute, Durham, NC (MEB, PL, KIP); the School of Human Kinetics, Trinity Western University, Langley, British Columbia, Canada (MEB); the Durham VA Medical Center, Center for Health Services Research, Durham, NC (RJD, SCA, JAT); the Departments of Medicine (RJD, SCA, JAT) and Community and Family Medicine (TǾ, KIP), Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC; and Health Services and Systems Research, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, Singapore (TǾ).
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Kathryn I. Pollak
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The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Jan 2014, 27 (1) 70-77; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2014.01.130110

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The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Jan 2014, 27 (1) 70-77; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2014.01.130110
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