Prospective association between body mass index and receipt of preventive services: Results from the Central Pennsylvania Women's Health Study (CePAWHS)

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 302-305

  Kraschnewski, Jennifer L ^a   McCall Hosenfeld, Jennifer S ^a   Weisman, Carol S ^a  

^a PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical medicine; Obesity; Preventive medicine; Women's health

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUNSELING; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL COUNSELING; OBESITY; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT CONTROL; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHOLESTEROL; COUNSELING; DIABETES MELLITUS; FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PENNSYLVANIA; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 84860456729     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: 10960260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2012.02.010     Document Type: Article

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