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Access to Primary Care in US Counties Is Associated with Lower Obesity Rates

Anne H. Gaglioti, Stephen Petterson, Andrew Bazemore and Robert Phillips
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine March 2016, 29 (2) 182-190; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2016.02.150356
Anne H. Gaglioti
From the Department of Family Medicine, National Center for Primary Care, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA (AHG); and the Robert Graham Center, Washington, DC (SP, AB, RP).
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Stephen Petterson
From the Department of Family Medicine, National Center for Primary Care, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA (AHG); and the Robert Graham Center, Washington, DC (SP, AB, RP).
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Andrew Bazemore
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Robert Phillips
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vol. 29 no. 2 182-190
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2016.02.150356
PubMed 
26957374

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The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine
Print ISSN 
1557-2625
Online ISSN 
1558-7118
History 
  • Received for publication November 17, 2015
  • Revision received November 30, 2015
  • Accepted for publication December 3, 2015
  • Published online March 8, 2016.

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© Copyright 2016 by the American Board of Family Medicine.

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  1. Anne H. Gaglioti, MD,
  2. Stephen Petterson, PhD,
  3. Andrew Bazemore, MD, MPH and
  4. Robert Phillips, MD
  1. From the Department of Family Medicine, National Center for Primary Care, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA (AHG); and the Robert Graham Center, Washington, DC (SP, AB, RP).
  1. Corresponding author: Anne H. Gaglioti, MD, Department of Family Medicine, National Center for Primary Care, Morehouse School of Medicine, 720 Westview Dr. SW, Atlanta, GA 30310 (E-mail: agaglioti{at}msm.edu).
  1. Prior presentation: A portion of the results of this study was presented at the North American Primary Care Research Group annual meeting, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (2007). Results from the unadjusted logistic regression model using 2006 data were previously published in American Family Physician in March 2009 in a one-page format.36

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The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Mar 2016, 29 (2) 182-190; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2016.02.150356

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