Shortchanging adolescents: Room for improvement in preventive care by physicians

Family Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 120-123

  Merenstein, Dan ^a,b   Green, Larry ^a   Fryer, George E ^a   Dovey, Susan ^a  

^a Center for Policy Studies in Family Practice and Primary Care   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD HEALTH CARE; DATA ANALYSIS; DIET; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EXERCISE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUTRITION; PATIENT COUNSELING; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; SMOKING; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH SERVICES; ADULT; CHILD; FAMILY PRACTICE; HUMANS; PATIENT EDUCATION; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 0035135805     PISSN: 07423225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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