Correction: Measuring medical student attitudes and beliefs regarding patients who are Obese (Academic Medicine (2013) 88 (282-289) DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e31827c028d);Measuring medical student attitudes and beliefs regarding patients who are obese

Academic Medicine

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 282-289

  Ip, Edward H ^a   Marshall, Sarah ^b   Vitolins, Mara ^a   Crandall, Sonia J ^a   Davis, Stephen ^a   Miller, David ^a   Kronner, Donna ^a   Vaden, Karen ^a   Spangler, John ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 84873412953     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: 1938808X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000002190     Document Type: Erratum

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