Awareness of Consensus Preventive Medicine Practice Guidelines Among Primary Care Physicians
American Journal of Preventive MedicinePublished 1 January 1997
David G. Meyers, Brad T. Steinle
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The results suggest that low use of prevention practices by physicians is likely due to factors other than lack of physician knowledge of published consensus recommendations.
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Our results suggest that low use of prevention practices by physicians is likely due to factors other than lack of physician knowledge of published consensus recommendations.
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