The frequency of radiology reporting of childhood obesity

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 186, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 833-836

  Strife, Janet L ^a   Decanio, Raymond E ^a   Donnelly, Lane F ^a   Johnson, Neil D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Obesity; Pediatric radiology; Radiology practice

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHILD; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FEMALE; INCIDENCE; MALE; RADIOGRAPHY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; OBESITY; OHIO; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PREVALENCE;

EID: 33645804009     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.04.1563     Document Type: Article

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