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The American Board of Family Medicine's Data Collection Method for Tracking Their Specialty

Lars E. Peterson, Bo Fang, Robert L. Phillips, Robert Avant and James C. Puffer
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine January 2019, 32 (1) 89-95; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2019.01.180138
Lars E. Peterson
From the American Board of Family Medicine, Lexington, KY.
MD, PhD
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Bo Fang
From the American Board of Family Medicine, Lexington, KY.
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Robert L. Phillips Jr
From the American Board of Family Medicine, Lexington, KY.
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Robert Avant
From the American Board of Family Medicine, Lexington, KY.
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James C. Puffer
From the American Board of Family Medicine, Lexington, KY.
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The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Jan 2019, 32 (1) 89-95; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2019.01.180138

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