Research ArticleOriginal Research

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

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