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Research ArticleOriginal Research

Inaccurate Risk Perceptions and Individualized Risk Estimates by Patients with Type 2 Diabetes

Barry G. Saver, Kathleen M. Mazor, J. Lee Hargraves and Marcela Hayes
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine July 2014, 27 (4) 510-519; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2014.04.140058
Barry G. Saver
From the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health (BGS, JLH, MH), and the Meyers Primary Care Institute (BGS, KMM), University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester.
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Kathleen M. Mazor
From the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health (BGS, JLH, MH), and the Meyers Primary Care Institute (BGS, KMM), University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester.
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J. Lee Hargraves
From the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health (BGS, JLH, MH), and the Meyers Primary Care Institute (BGS, KMM), University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester.
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Marcela Hayes
From the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health (BGS, JLH, MH), and the Meyers Primary Care Institute (BGS, KMM), University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester.
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