Suboptimal identification of obesity by family physicians

American Journal of Managed Care

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 619-624

  Melamed, Osnat C ^a,c   Nakar, Sasson ^a,b   Vinker, Shlomo ^a,b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b CLALIT HEALTH SERVICES   (Israel)

^c MACCABI HEALTHCARE SERVICES   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; OBESITY; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; STANDARDS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

BODY MASS INDEX; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; OVERWEIGHT; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 70349436086     PISSN: 10880224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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