Health care professionals' attitudes about obesity: An integrative review

Applied Nursing Research

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 127-137

  Budd, Geraldine M ^a   Mariotti, Megan ^b   Graff, Diane ^c   Falkenstein, Kathleen ^c  

^a WIDENER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^c DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; OBESITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; OBESITY;

EID: 79960444784     PISSN: 08971897     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apnr.2009.05.001     Document Type: Article

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