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Employing Virtual Advisors in Preventive Care for Underserved Communities: Results From the COMPASS Study

Abby C. King Division of Epidemiology, Department of Health Research and Policy, and Stanford Prevention Research Program, Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Timothy W. Bickmore College of Computer and Information Science, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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Maria Ines Campero Stanford Prevention Research Center, Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA
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Leslie A. Pruitt Stanford Prevention Research Center, Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA
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James Langxuan Yin College of Computer and Information Science, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Pages 1449-1464 | Published online: 13 Aug 2013

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