Parent reactions to a school-based body mass index screening program

Journal of School Health

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 216-223

  Johnson, Suzanne Bennett ^a   Pilkington, Lorri L ^a   Lamp, Camilla ^a   He, Jianghua ^b   Deeb, Larry C ^c  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Pediatric Endocrinology   (United States)

Author keywords

BMI; Children; Parents; Schools; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK REDUCTION; SCHOOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PARENTS; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; SCHOOLS;

EID: 63449103393     PISSN: 00224391     EISSN: 17461561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1746-1561.2009.00401.x     Document Type: Article

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