Ethnicity, insurance type, and follow-up in a pediatric weight management program

Obesity Research

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 17-20

  Tershakovec, Andrew M ^a   Kuppler, Kerri ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Race; Reimbursement

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; PATIENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CHILD; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; OBESITY; PATIENT DROPOUTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 0038073068     PISSN: 10717323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2003.4     Document Type: Article

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