Obesity: From a health issue to a political and policy issue

Online Journal of Issues in Nursing

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2005, Pages

  Tao, Hong ^a,b   Glazer, Greer ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^b SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c ANA PAC   (United States)

^d United Way in Cuyahoga County ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; NURSING; OBESITY; POLITICAL SYSTEM; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 21744449608     PISSN: 10913734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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