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Radon Testing: Community Engagement By a Rural Family Medicine Office
Barcey T. Levy, Cynthia K. Wolff, Paul Niles, Heather Morehead, Yinghui Xu and Jeanette M. Daly
The Journal of the American Board of Family
Medicine September 2015, 28 (5) 617-623; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2015.05.140346
Barcey T. Levy
From the Department of Family Medicine, University of Iowa, Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City (BTL, YX, JMD); the Department of Epidemiology, University of Iowa, College of Public Health, Iowa City (BTL); and the Akron/Mercy Medical Clinic, Akron, IA (CKW, PN, HM).
PhD, MDCynthia K. Wolff
From the Department of Family Medicine, University of Iowa, Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City (BTL, YX, JMD); the Department of Epidemiology, University of Iowa, College of Public Health, Iowa City (BTL); and the Akron/Mercy Medical Clinic, Akron, IA (CKW, PN, HM).
MDPaul Niles
From the Department of Family Medicine, University of Iowa, Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City (BTL, YX, JMD); the Department of Epidemiology, University of Iowa, College of Public Health, Iowa City (BTL); and the Akron/Mercy Medical Clinic, Akron, IA (CKW, PN, HM).
PA-CHeather Morehead
From the Department of Family Medicine, University of Iowa, Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City (BTL, YX, JMD); the Department of Epidemiology, University of Iowa, College of Public Health, Iowa City (BTL); and the Akron/Mercy Medical Clinic, Akron, IA (CKW, PN, HM).
RNYinghui Xu
From the Department of Family Medicine, University of Iowa, Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City (BTL, YX, JMD); the Department of Epidemiology, University of Iowa, College of Public Health, Iowa City (BTL); and the Akron/Mercy Medical Clinic, Akron, IA (CKW, PN, HM).
RNJeanette M. Daly
From the Department of Family Medicine, University of Iowa, Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City (BTL, YX, JMD); the Department of Epidemiology, University of Iowa, College of Public Health, Iowa City (BTL); and the Akron/Mercy Medical Clinic, Akron, IA (CKW, PN, HM).
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Radon Testing: Community Engagement By a Rural Family Medicine Office
Barcey T. Levy, Cynthia K. Wolff, Paul Niles, Heather Morehead, Yinghui Xu, Jeanette M. Daly
The Journal of the American Board of Family
Medicine Sep 2015, 28 (5) 617-623; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2015.05.140346
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