Editorial: Obesity - A reluctance to treat?

Obesity Facts

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 79-80

  Hall, Jocelin I ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AWARENESS; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; OBESITY; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH PROMOTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STANDARD;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; OBESITY; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 77952862009     PISSN: 16624025     EISSN: 16624033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000304766     Document Type: Editorial

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