Pediatric obesity-related counseling in the outpatient setting

Ambulatory Pediatrics

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 377-379

  Rao, Goutham ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Counseling; Obesity; Office practice; Preventive medicine

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD GROWTH; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DATA ANALYSIS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MEDICAL CARE; MEDLINE; OBESITY; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PEDIATRICS; PUBLICATION;

EID: 28944442157     PISSN: 15301567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1367/A05-040R.1     Document Type: Article

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