Minimal intervention programs for weight loss in heart transplant candidates: A preliminary examination

Progress in Transplantation

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 284-288

  Park, Tricia L ^a   Perri, Michael G ^b   Rodrigue, James R ^b  

^a SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; MALE; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; TELEPHONE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 0347511698     PISSN: 15269248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7182/prtr.13.4.f32k5w0634816480     Document Type: Article

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