Screening for obesity: Clinical tools in evolution, a WREN study

Wisconsin Medical Journal

Volumn 109, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 274-278

  Smith, Paul D ^a,b   O'Halloran, Peggy ^b   Hahn, David L ^c   Grasmick, Michael ^b   Radant, Leon ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b University of Wisconsin   (United States)

^c Dean Health Systems   (United States)

^d Mile Bluff Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; ETHNICITY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SCREENING TEST; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BODY MASS INDEX; COUNSELING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; WISCONSIN;

EID: 79851496849     PISSN: 10981861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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