Telephone counseling and home telemonitoring: The weigh by day trial

American Journal of Health Behavior

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 445-454

  Van Wormer, Jeffrey J ^a   Martinez, Anna M ^b   Benson, Gretchen A ^b   Crain, A L ^c   Martinson, Brian C ^c   Cosentino, Daniel L ^d   Pronk, Nicolaas P ^b,c  

^a MINNEAPOLIS HEART INSTITUTE FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b Disease Management Services   (United States)

^c HEALTHPARTNERS RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

^d Cardiocom Multi Disease Management LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Telemonitoring; Telephone; Weight loss; Worksite counseling

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TELEPHONE; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINNESOTA; QUESTIONNAIRES; TELEPHONE; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 68049105229     PISSN: 10873244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5993/AJHB.33.4.10     Document Type: Article

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