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Multimorbidity Trends in United States Adults, 1988–2014

Dana E. King, Jun Xiang and Courtney S. Pilkerton
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine July 2018, 31 (4) 503-513; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2018.04.180008
Dana E. King
From Department of Family Medicine, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV (DEK, JX, CSP).
MD, MS
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Jun Xiang
From Department of Family Medicine, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV (DEK, JX, CSP).
MS, MA
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Courtney S. Pilkerton
From Department of Family Medicine, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV (DEK, JX, CSP).
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vol. 31 no. 4 503-513
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2018.04.180008
PubMed 
29986975

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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 January 8, 2018
  • Revision received April 3, 2018
  • Accepted for publication April 3, 2018
  • Published online July 9, 2018.

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  1. Dana E. King, MD, MS,
  2. Jun Xiang, MS, MA and
  3. Courtney S. Pilkerton, MD, PhD
  1. From Department of Family Medicine, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV (DEK, JX, CSP).
  1. Corresponding author: Dana E. King, MD, MS, Department of Family Medicine, West Virginia University, Morgantown West Virginia 26505 (E-mail: kingdana{at}wvumedicine.org).
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Dana E. King, Jun Xiang, Courtney S. Pilkerton
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Jul 2018, 31 (4) 503-513; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2018.04.180008

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