Research ArticleOriginal Research

Patient Understanding of Body Mass Index (BMI) in Primary Care Practices: A Two-State Practice-based Research (PBR) Collaboration

Robert E. Post, Megha Mendiratta, Treah Haggerty, Alexia Bozek, Gregory Doyle, Jun Xiang and Dana E. King
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine July 2015, 28 (4) 475-480; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2015.04.140279

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