The PATHWAYS church-based weight loss program for urban African-American women at risk for diabetes

Diabetes Care

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1518-1523

  McNabb, Wylie ^a   Quinn, Michael ^a   Kerver, Jean ^a   Cook, Sandy ^a   Karrison, Theodore ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEGRO; OBESITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RELIGIOUS GROUP; URBAN AREA; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 1842370291     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/diacare.20.10.1518     Document Type: Article

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