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Assessing Impact of Community Health Nurses on Improving Primary Care Use by Homeless/Marginally Housed Persons

Zhuo SuMorse College, Yale University, New Haven, ConnecticutCorrespondence[email protected]
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Kaveh KhoshnoodSchool of Public Health, Yale University, New Haven, ConnecticutView further author information
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Susan H. ForsterDepartment of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, School of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, ConnecticutView further author information
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Pages 161-169 | Published online: 25 Jul 2015

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