Obesity research in Canada: Literature overview of the last 3 decades

Obesity Research

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1547-1553

  Sokar Todd, Hanan B ^a,b   Sharma, Arya M ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b HAMILTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Obese patients; Research; Review article

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; OBESITY; RESEARCH; REVIEW;

CANADA; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; OBESITY; RESEARCH;

EID: 16644374575     PISSN: 10717323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2004.194     Document Type: Review

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