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Dissemination and Implementation Science in Primary Care Research and Practice: Contributions and Opportunities

Jodi Summers Holtrop, Borsika A. Rabin and Russell E. Glasgow
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine May 2018, 31 (3) 466-478; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2018.03.170259

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