Public health "malpractice" and the obesity epidemic

Public Health Reports

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 414-416

  Ryan, Kevin W ^a,b   Card Higginson, Paula ^a   Shaw, Jennifer L ^a   Ganahl, Sarah A ^a   Thompson, Joseph W ^a,b,c  

^a Arkansas Center for Health Improvement   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIC; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; LAW; LEGAL ASPECT; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MORALITY; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SHORT SURVEY; WELFARE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; UNITED STATES;

BODY MASS INDEX; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; MALPRACTICE; OBESITY; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34250342669     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: 14682877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003335490712200316     Document Type: Short Survey

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