Web-based interventions for weight loss and weight maintenance among rural midlife and older women: Protocol for a randomized controlled trial

BMC Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Hageman, Patricia A ^a   Pullen, Carol H ^b   Hertzog, Melody ^b   Boeckner, Linda S ^c   Walker, Susan Noble ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INTERNET; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RURAL POPULATION; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INTERNET; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; RURAL POPULATION; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 79959631918     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-521     Document Type: Article

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