Obesity prevalence among veterans at Veterans Affairs medical facilities

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 291-294

  Das, Sandeep R ^a   Kinsinger, Linda S ^b,d   Yancy Jr , William S ^c   Wang, Anthea ^a   Ciesco, Eileen ^b   Burdick, Mary ^b   Yevich, Steven J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Vet Aff Natl Ctr Hlth Prom D   (United States)

^c DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d General Internal Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEIGHT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; OUTPATIENT CARE; PREVALENCE; SOLDIER; WEIGHT;

EID: 17744367625     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2004.12.007     Document Type: Article

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