Storing up problems: The medical case for a slimmer nation

Clinical Medicine, Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 99-101

  Prentice, Andrew ^a,b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DEATH; DIABETES MELLITUS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EDITORIAL; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICE; OBESITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; UNITED KINGDOM;

GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; OBESITY; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE;

EID: 4043072186     PISSN: 14702118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7861/clinmedicine.4-2-99     Document Type: Editorial

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