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Rural Family Medicine Clinicians' Motivations to Participate in a Pragmatic Obesity Trial

Joanna Veazey Brooks, Kim S. Kimminau, Stacy McCrea-Robertson and Christie Befort
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine September 2020, 33 (5) 736-744; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2020.05.200083
Joanna Veazey Brooks
From the Department of Population Health, University of Kansas School of Medicine, Kansas City (JVB, SM-R, CB); Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Kansas School of Medicine, Kansas City Kansas City (KSK).
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Kim S. Kimminau
From the Department of Population Health, University of Kansas School of Medicine, Kansas City (JVB, SM-R, CB); Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Kansas School of Medicine, Kansas City Kansas City (KSK).
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Stacy McCrea-Robertson
From the Department of Population Health, University of Kansas School of Medicine, Kansas City (JVB, SM-R, CB); Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Kansas School of Medicine, Kansas City Kansas City (KSK).
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Christie Befort
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