Is primary care practice equipped to deal with obesity?

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 171, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 313-315

  Haire Joshu, Debra ^a   Klein, Samuel ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; DYSLIPIDEMIA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NOTE; OBESITY; PATIENT COUNSELING; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; OBESITY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 79952205261     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2011.3     Document Type: Note

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