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Increasing Family Medicine Faculty Diversity Still Lags Population Trends

Imam M. Xierali, Marc A. Nivet, Anne H. Gaglioti, Winston R. Liaw and Andrew W. Bazemore
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine January 2017, 30 (1) 100-103; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2017.01.160211
Imam M. Xierali
From the Association of American Medical Colleges, Washington, DC (IMX); University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX (MAN); National Center for Primary Care, Department of Family Medicine, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA (AHG); Robert Graham Center for Policy Studies in Family Medicine and Primary Care, Washington, DC (WRL, AWB).
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Marc A. Nivet
From the Association of American Medical Colleges, Washington, DC (IMX); University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX (MAN); National Center for Primary Care, Department of Family Medicine, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA (AHG); Robert Graham Center for Policy Studies in Family Medicine and Primary Care, Washington, DC (WRL, AWB).
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Anne H. Gaglioti
From the Association of American Medical Colleges, Washington, DC (IMX); University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX (MAN); National Center for Primary Care, Department of Family Medicine, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA (AHG); Robert Graham Center for Policy Studies in Family Medicine and Primary Care, Washington, DC (WRL, AWB).
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Winston R. Liaw
From the Association of American Medical Colleges, Washington, DC (IMX); University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX (MAN); National Center for Primary Care, Department of Family Medicine, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA (AHG); Robert Graham Center for Policy Studies in Family Medicine and Primary Care, Washington, DC (WRL, AWB).
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Andrew W. Bazemore
From the Association of American Medical Colleges, Washington, DC (IMX); University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX (MAN); National Center for Primary Care, Department of Family Medicine, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA (AHG); Robert Graham Center for Policy Studies in Family Medicine and Primary Care, Washington, DC (WRL, AWB).
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