The relationship among body mass index, subjective reporting of chronic disease, and the use of health care services in newfoundland and labrador, Canada

Population Health Management

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 47-53

  Twells, Laurie K ^a   Knight, John ^a,b   Alaghehbandan, Reza ^b  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b Research and Evaluation Department   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CANADA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MORBID OBESITY; OBESITY; SEX;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BODY MASS INDEX; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77149167638     PISSN: 19427891     EISSN: 19427905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/pop.2009.0023     Document Type: Article

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