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Mailed Letter Versus Phone Call to Increase Uptake of Cancer Screening: A Pragmatic, Randomized Trial

Tara Kiran, Sam Davie, Rahim Moineddin and Aisha Lofters
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine November 2018, 31 (6) 857-868; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2018.06.170369
Tara Kiran
Centre for Urban Health Solutions, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario (TK, AL); Department of Family and Community Medicine, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (TK, SD, AL); Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto, 500 Toronto, Ontario (TK, RM, AL); Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (TK, RM, AL); Dalla Lana School of Public Health, Toronto, Ontario (RM, AL).
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Sam Davie
Centre for Urban Health Solutions, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario (TK, AL); Department of Family and Community Medicine, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (TK, SD, AL); Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto, 500 Toronto, Ontario (TK, RM, AL); Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (TK, RM, AL); Dalla Lana School of Public Health, Toronto, Ontario (RM, AL).
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Rahim Moineddin
Centre for Urban Health Solutions, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario (TK, AL); Department of Family and Community Medicine, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (TK, SD, AL); Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto, 500 Toronto, Ontario (TK, RM, AL); Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (TK, RM, AL); Dalla Lana School of Public Health, Toronto, Ontario (RM, AL).
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Aisha Lofters
Centre for Urban Health Solutions, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario (TK, AL); Department of Family and Community Medicine, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (TK, SD, AL); Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto, 500 Toronto, Ontario (TK, RM, AL); Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (TK, RM, AL); Dalla Lana School of Public Health, Toronto, Ontario (RM, AL).
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Article Information

vol. 31 no. 6 857-868
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2018.06.170369
PubMed 
30413542

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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 September 12, 2017
  • Revision received January 29, 2018
  • Accepted for publication February 9, 2018
  • Published online November 9, 2018.

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© Copyright 2018 by the American Board of Family Medicine.

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  1. Tara Kiran, MD, MSc,
  2. Sam Davie, MSc,
  3. Rahim Moineddin, PhD and
  4. Aisha Lofters, MD, PhD
  1. From Centre for Urban Health Solutions, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario (TK, AL); Department of Family and Community Medicine, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (TK, SD, AL); Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto, 500 Toronto, Ontario (TK, RM, AL); Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (TK, RM, AL); Dalla Lana School of Public Health, Toronto, Ontario (RM, AL).
  1. Corresponding author: Tara Kiran, MD, MSc, 30 Bond Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5B 1W8 (E-mail: tara.kiran{at}utoronto.ca).
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