The role of the General Practitioner in weight management in primary care - A cross sectional study in General Practice

BMC Family Practice

Volumn 9, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Tham, Marlene ^a   Young, Doris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMORBIDITY; CONSULTATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; WEIGHT CONTROL; WEIGHT REDUCTION; ADOLESCENT; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; QUESTIONNAIRES; VICTORIA;

EID: 58149310763     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2296-9-66     Document Type: Article

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