Pediatricians and screening for obesity with body mass index: Does level of training matter?

Public Health Reports

Volumn 124, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 561-567

  Hillman, Jennifer B ^a,b   Corathers, Sarah D ^a   Wilson, Stephen E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROWTH CURVE; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL RECORD; OBESITY; PEDIATRICIAN; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING; TRAINING; URBAN AREA; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL AUDIT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL AUDIT; OBESITY; PEDIATRICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 68049099975     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: 14682877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003335490912400413     Document Type: Article

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