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Results of Nurse Navigator Follow-up After Positive Colorectal Cancer Screening Test: A Randomized Trial

Beverly B. Green, Melissa L. Anderson, Ching-Yun Wang, Sally W. Vernon, Jessica Chubak, Richard T. Meenan and Sharon Fuller
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine November 2014, 27 (6) 789-795; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2014.06.140125
Beverly B. Green
From the Group Health Cooperative and Group Health Research Institute, Seattle, WA (BBG, MLA, JC, SF); the Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington School of Public Health, Seattle (JC); the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, WA (C-YW); the Center for Health Promotion and Prevention Research, University of Texas School of Public Health, Houston (SWV); and the Center for Health Research, Kaiser Permanente Northwest, Portland, OR (RTM).
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Melissa L. Anderson
From the Group Health Cooperative and Group Health Research Institute, Seattle, WA (BBG, MLA, JC, SF); the Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington School of Public Health, Seattle (JC); the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, WA (C-YW); the Center for Health Promotion and Prevention Research, University of Texas School of Public Health, Houston (SWV); and the Center for Health Research, Kaiser Permanente Northwest, Portland, OR (RTM).
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Ching-Yun Wang
From the Group Health Cooperative and Group Health Research Institute, Seattle, WA (BBG, MLA, JC, SF); the Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington School of Public Health, Seattle (JC); the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, WA (C-YW); the Center for Health Promotion and Prevention Research, University of Texas School of Public Health, Houston (SWV); and the Center for Health Research, Kaiser Permanente Northwest, Portland, OR (RTM).
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Sally W. Vernon
From the Group Health Cooperative and Group Health Research Institute, Seattle, WA (BBG, MLA, JC, SF); the Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington School of Public Health, Seattle (JC); the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, WA (C-YW); the Center for Health Promotion and Prevention Research, University of Texas School of Public Health, Houston (SWV); and the Center for Health Research, Kaiser Permanente Northwest, Portland, OR (RTM).
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Jessica Chubak
From the Group Health Cooperative and Group Health Research Institute, Seattle, WA (BBG, MLA, JC, SF); the Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington School of Public Health, Seattle (JC); the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, WA (C-YW); the Center for Health Promotion and Prevention Research, University of Texas School of Public Health, Houston (SWV); and the Center for Health Research, Kaiser Permanente Northwest, Portland, OR (RTM).
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Richard T. Meenan
From the Group Health Cooperative and Group Health Research Institute, Seattle, WA (BBG, MLA, JC, SF); the Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington School of Public Health, Seattle (JC); the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, WA (C-YW); the Center for Health Promotion and Prevention Research, University of Texas School of Public Health, Houston (SWV); and the Center for Health Research, Kaiser Permanente Northwest, Portland, OR (RTM).
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Sharon Fuller
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The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Nov 2014, 27 (6) 789-795; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2014.06.140125

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The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Nov 2014, 27 (6) 789-795; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2014.06.140125
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