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Patient Body Mass Index (BMI) Knowledge in a Rural Primary Care Population

Treah Haggerty, Jun Xiang and Dana King
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine May 2019, 32 (3) 413-417; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2019.03.180211
Treah Haggerty
From West Virginia University School of Medicine, Department of Family Medicine, Morgantown (TH, JX, DK).
MD, MS
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Jun Xiang
From West Virginia University School of Medicine, Department of Family Medicine, Morgantown (TH, JX, DK).
MS, MA
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Dana King
From West Virginia University School of Medicine, Department of Family Medicine, Morgantown (TH, JX, DK).
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