Identifying patients for weight-loss an empirical evaluation of the nhlbi obesity education initiative expert panel treatment recommendations

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 160, Issue 14, 2000, Pages 2169-2176

  Kiernan, Michaela ^a   Winkleby, Marilyn A ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CIGARETTE SMOKING; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXPERT; OBESITY; PATIENT SELECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 0034710227     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.160.14.2169     Document Type: Article

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