Body Weight and Health Care among Women in the General Population

Archives of Family Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 381-384

  Fontaine, Kevin R ^a   Faith, Myles S ^b   Allison, David B ^b   Cheskin, Lawrence J ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b New York Presbyterian Columbia University Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; RISK; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 0032109454     PISSN: 10633987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archfami.7.4.381     Document Type: Article

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