Research ArticleOriginal Research

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

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