Reducing obesity-related health care costs in the community

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 170, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 995-996

  De Castro, Ismary ^a   Bhadriraju, Satish ^a   Bradley, Paul ^a  

^a MEMORIAL HEALTH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION; BODY MASS; COMMUNITY CARE; COST CONTROL; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL COUNSELING; OBESITY; PATIENT COUNSELING; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; OBESITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77953712752     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2010.180     Document Type: Article

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