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Family Physicians' Scope of Practice and American Board of Family Medicine Recertification Examination Performance

Lars E. Peterson, Brenna Blackburn, Michael Peabody and Thomas R. O'Neill
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine March 2015, 28 (2) 265-270; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2015.02.140202
Lars E. Peterson
From the American Board of Family Medicine (LEP, BB, MP,TRO), Lexington, KY; Department of Family and Community Medicine (LEP), University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
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Brenna Blackburn
From the American Board of Family Medicine (LEP, BB, MP,TRO), Lexington, KY; Department of Family and Community Medicine (LEP), University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
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Michael Peabody
From the American Board of Family Medicine (LEP, BB, MP,TRO), Lexington, KY; Department of Family and Community Medicine (LEP), University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
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Thomas R. O'Neill
From the American Board of Family Medicine (LEP, BB, MP,TRO), Lexington, KY; Department of Family and Community Medicine (LEP), University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
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Lars E. Peterson, Brenna Blackburn, Michael Peabody, Thomas R. O'Neill
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Mar 2015, 28 (2) 265-270; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2015.02.140202
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