An academic-community partnership to improve care for the underserved

Academic Medicine

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 252-258

  Fancher, Tonya L ^a   Keenan, Craig ^a   Meltvedt, Caitlyn ^a   Stocker, Timothy ^b   Harris, Tracie ^c   Morfín, José ^c   McCarron, Robert ^c   Kulkarni Date, Mrinalini ^d   Henderson, Mark C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Faculty of Internal Medicine   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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EID: 79951677180     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e31820469ba     Document Type: Article

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