How do rural GPs manage their inactive and overweight patients? - A pilot study of rural GPs in Queensland

Australian Family Physician

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 747-748

  Eley, Diann S ^a   Eley, Robert M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COUNSELING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBESITY; PILOT STUDY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

COUNSELING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBESITY; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PILOT PROJECTS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUEENSLAND; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 74049133223     PISSN: 03008495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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