Training in childhood obesity management in the United States: A survey of pediatric, internal medicine-pediatrics and family medicine residency program directors

BMC Medical Education

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Wolff, Margaret S ^a   Rhodes, Erinn T ^b,c   Ludwig, David S ^b,c  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICINE; OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MEDICINE; OBESITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77949473082     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6920-10-18     Document Type: Article

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