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Editorial
. 2012 May;1(3):213-6.
doi: 10.2217/cer.12.18.

From efficacy to effectiveness: lessons learned from the Practice-Based Opportunities for Weight Reduction (POWER) trial

Gerald J Jerome  1 , Richard R Rubin, Jeanne M Clark, Arlene Dalcin, Janelle W Coughlin, Hsin-Chieh Yeh, Edgar R Miller 3rd, Nae-Yuh Wang, Thomas A Louis, Nowella Durkin, Jeanne Charleston, Gail L Daumit, Lawrence J Appel
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From efficacy to effectiveness: lessons learned from the Practice-Based Opportunities for Weight Reduction (POWER) trial

Gerald J Jerome et al. J Comp Eff Res. 2012 May.
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