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Promoting Health Equity: A Call for Data Disaggregation on Race and Ethnicity

Oanh Truong
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine October 2022, 35 (5) 1032-1034; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2022.05.220257
Oanh Truong
From University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) St Margaret Family Medicine Residency Program, Pittsburgh, PA.
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