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SHORT TITLE :
“ Obesity Medical Education Needs Assessment ”
KEYWORDS : West Virginia , Rural , Obesity , Primary Care
APPROVAL :
Research reported in this publication was supported by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences of the National Institutes of Health under Award Number 5U54GM104942-04 . The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health .
The study was approved by the West Virginia University Institutional Review Board .
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Laura Davisson , MD , MPH Department of Medicine PO Box 9160 Robert C . Byrd Health Sciences Center Morgantown , WV 26506 ( 304 ) 293-1964 FAX : ( 304 ) 293-2544 ldavisson @ hsc . wvu . edu
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