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Use of Complementary Health Approaches Among Diverse Primary Care Patients with Type 2 Diabetes and Association with Cardiometabolic Outcomes: From the SF Bay Collaborative Research Network (SF Bay CRN)

Margaret A. Handley, Judy Quan, Maria T. Chao, Neda Ratanawongsa, Urmimala Sarkar, Sophia Emmons-Bell and Dean Schillinger
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine September 2017, 30 (5) 624-631; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2017.05.170030
Margaret A. Handley
From General Internal Medicine and UCSF Center for Vulnerable Populations at San Francisco Zuckerberg General Hospital and Trauma Center, University of California, San Francisco, CA (MAH, JQ, MTC, NR, US, DS); the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Division of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, University of California, San Francisco (MAH, SE); and Osher Center for Integrative Medicine, University of California, San Francisco (MTC).
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Judy Quan
From General Internal Medicine and UCSF Center for Vulnerable Populations at San Francisco Zuckerberg General Hospital and Trauma Center, University of California, San Francisco, CA (MAH, JQ, MTC, NR, US, DS); the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Division of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, University of California, San Francisco (MAH, SE); and Osher Center for Integrative Medicine, University of California, San Francisco (MTC).
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Maria T. Chao
From General Internal Medicine and UCSF Center for Vulnerable Populations at San Francisco Zuckerberg General Hospital and Trauma Center, University of California, San Francisco, CA (MAH, JQ, MTC, NR, US, DS); the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Division of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, University of California, San Francisco (MAH, SE); and Osher Center for Integrative Medicine, University of California, San Francisco (MTC).
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Neda Ratanawongsa
From General Internal Medicine and UCSF Center for Vulnerable Populations at San Francisco Zuckerberg General Hospital and Trauma Center, University of California, San Francisco, CA (MAH, JQ, MTC, NR, US, DS); the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Division of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, University of California, San Francisco (MAH, SE); and Osher Center for Integrative Medicine, University of California, San Francisco (MTC).
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Urmimala Sarkar
From General Internal Medicine and UCSF Center for Vulnerable Populations at San Francisco Zuckerberg General Hospital and Trauma Center, University of California, San Francisco, CA (MAH, JQ, MTC, NR, US, DS); the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Division of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, University of California, San Francisco (MAH, SE); and Osher Center for Integrative Medicine, University of California, San Francisco (MTC).
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Sophia Emmons-Bell
From General Internal Medicine and UCSF Center for Vulnerable Populations at San Francisco Zuckerberg General Hospital and Trauma Center, University of California, San Francisco, CA (MAH, JQ, MTC, NR, US, DS); the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Division of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, University of California, San Francisco (MAH, SE); and Osher Center for Integrative Medicine, University of California, San Francisco (MTC).
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Dean Schillinger
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The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Sep 2017, 30 (5) 624-631; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2017.05.170030

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Margaret A. Handley, Judy Quan, Maria T. Chao, Neda Ratanawongsa, Urmimala Sarkar, Sophia Emmons-Bell, Dean Schillinger
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Sep 2017, 30 (5) 624-631; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2017.05.170030
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