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Obstetric Care by Family Physicians and Infant Mortality in Rural Alabama

Jessica Powell, Catherine Skinner, Drake Lavender, Daniel Avery and James Leeper
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine July 2018, 31 (4) 542-549; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2018.04.170376
Jessica Powell
From the Departments of Family, Internal, and Rural Medicine (JP, CS, DL) and Community Medicine and Population Health (DA, JL), University of Alabama College of Community Health Sciences, Tuscaloosa, AL.
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Catherine Skinner
From the Departments of Family, Internal, and Rural Medicine (JP, CS, DL) and Community Medicine and Population Health (DA, JL), University of Alabama College of Community Health Sciences, Tuscaloosa, AL.
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Drake Lavender
From the Departments of Family, Internal, and Rural Medicine (JP, CS, DL) and Community Medicine and Population Health (DA, JL), University of Alabama College of Community Health Sciences, Tuscaloosa, AL.
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Daniel Avery
From the Departments of Family, Internal, and Rural Medicine (JP, CS, DL) and Community Medicine and Population Health (DA, JL), University of Alabama College of Community Health Sciences, Tuscaloosa, AL.
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James Leeper
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vol. 31 no. 4 542-549
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2018.04.170376
PubMed 
29986980

Published By 
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine
Print ISSN 
1557-2625
Online ISSN 
1558-7118
History 
  • Received for publication September 18, 2017
  • Revision received March 26, 2018
  • Accepted for publication March 27, 2018
  • Published online July 9, 2018.

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© Copyright 2018 by the American Board of Family Medicine.

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  1. Jessica Powell, MS, MD,
  2. Catherine Skinner, MD,
  3. Drake Lavender, MD,
  4. Daniel Avery, MD and
  5. James Leeper, PhD
  1. From the Departments of Family, Internal, and Rural Medicine (JP, CS, DL) and Community Medicine and Population Health (DA, JL), University of Alabama College of Community Health Sciences, Tuscaloosa, AL.
  1. Corresponding author: Jessica Powell, MS, MD, University of Alabama College of Community Health Sciences, 10494 Sexton Bend Road, Tuscaloosa, AL 35406 (E-mail: jjtierce{at}crimson.ua.edu).
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Jessica Powell, Catherine Skinner, Drake Lavender, Daniel Avery, James Leeper
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Jul 2018, 31 (4) 542-549; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2018.04.170376

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