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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).
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Cynthia 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).
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Paul 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).
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Heather 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).
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Yinghui 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).
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Jeanette 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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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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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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