Physicians' attitude toward identification and management of childhood obesity in Israel

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 737-741

  Goldman, Ran D ^a   Modan Moses, Dalit ^b,c   Bujanover, Yoram ^b,c   Glasser, Saralee ^d   Meyerovitch, Joseph ^b,c  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d GERTNER INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND HEALTH POLICY RESEARCH   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD CARE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; DIETITIAN; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GROUP THERAPY; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PEDIATRICIAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 5444264628     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000992280404300808     Document Type: Article

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