Comparing patient and physician perception of weight status with body mass index

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 112, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 662-666

  Caccamese, Suzanne M ^a,b   Kolodner, Ken ^a   Wright, Scott M ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BAYVIEW MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OBESITY; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0036606548     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9343(02)01104-X     Document Type: Article

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