Michigan physicians' perceptions of their role in managing obesity

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 84, Issue 3 PART I, 1997, Pages 848-850

  Pratt, Charlotte A ^a   Ijeoma Nosiri, U ^b   Pratt, Cornelius B ^c  

^a Michigan Public Health Institute   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICHIGAN; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS;

EID: 0031159866     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pms.1997.84.3.848     Document Type: Article

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