Financial incentives for weight loss and healthy behaviours

Healthcare Policy

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 23-28

  Ries, Nola M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANADA; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; OBESITY; REVIEW; REWARD; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 84858015957     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17156572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12927/hcpol.2013.22780     Document Type: Review

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