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Interpreting COVID-19 Test Results in Clinical Settings: It Depends!

Rachael Piltch-Loeb, Kyeong Yun Jeong, Kenneth W. Lin, John Kraemer and Michael A. Stoto
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine February 2021, 34 (Supplement) S233-S243; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2021.S1.200413
Rachael Piltch-Loeb
From the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Emergency Preparedness Research Evaluation Program, Boston MA (RP-L); Georgetown University School of Medicine (KYJ); Georgetown University Medical Center, Department of Family Medicine (KWL); Georgetown University, Department of Health Systems Administration, Washington DC (JK, MAS).
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Kyeong Yun Jeong
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Kenneth W. Lin
From the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Emergency Preparedness Research Evaluation Program, Boston MA (RP-L); Georgetown University School of Medicine (KYJ); Georgetown University Medical Center, Department of Family Medicine (KWL); Georgetown University, Department of Health Systems Administration, Washington DC (JK, MAS).
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Michael A. Stoto
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vol. 34 no. Supplement S233-S243
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2021.S1.200413
PubMed 
33622845

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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 August 5, 2020
  • Revision received September 28, 2020
  • Accepted for publication September 28, 2020
  • Published online February 23, 2021.

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© Copyright 2021 by the American Board of Family Medicine.

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  1. Rachael Piltch-Loeb, PhD,
  2. Kyeong Yun Jeong,
  3. Kenneth W. Lin, MD, MPH,
  4. John Kraemer, JD, MPH and
  5. Michael A. Stoto, PhD
  1. From the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Emergency Preparedness Research Evaluation Program, Boston MA (RP-L); Georgetown University School of Medicine (KYJ); Georgetown University Medical Center, Department of Family Medicine (KWL); Georgetown University, Department of Health Systems Administration, Washington DC (JK, MAS).
  1. Corresponding author: Kenneth W. Lin, MD, MPH, Georgetown University Medical Center, Department of Family Medicine, 3900 Reservoir Road NW Preclinical Science GB-01A, Washington, DC 20007, 202-725-8989 (E-mail: Kenneth.Lin@georgetown.edu).
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The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Feb 2021, 34 (Supplement) S233-S243; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2021.S1.200413
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