Law as a tool to facilitate healthier lifestyles and prevent obesity

JAMA

Volumn 297, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 87-90

  Gostin, Lawrence O ^a,b  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY LAW CENTER   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LAW; LEGAL ASPECT; LIFESTYLE; NOTE; OBESITY; POLICY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; SOCIOECONOMICS; TAX; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33846001030     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.297.1.87     Document Type: Note

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