High prevalence of overweight among pediatric users of community health centers

Pediatrics

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2005, Pages

  Stettler, Nicolas ^a,b   Elliott, Michael R ^b   Kallan, Michael J ^b   Auerbach, Steven B ^c   Kumanyika, Shiriki K ^b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c Health Resources and Services Administration   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Asian Americans; Child; Community health centers; Delivery of health care; European Continental Ancestry Group; Hispanic Americans; Medically underserved area; Obesity; Primary health care; Puerto Rico; Rural health; Suburban health

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CENTER; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUBURBAN AREA; URBAN AREA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33644618540     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 00314005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2005-0104     Document Type: Article

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