Attitudes and practices of military family physicians regarding obesity

Military Medicine

Volumn 166, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 121-125

  Loomis, G A ^a   Connolly, K P ^a   Clinch, C R ^a   Djuric, D A ^a  

^a Malcolm Grow Medical Center ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COLON CANCER; EMOTION; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; OBESITY; PATIENT COUNSELING; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; SELF CONTROL;

EID: 0035110891     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/milmed/166.2.121     Document Type: Article

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