Walking and neighborhood environments for obese and overweight patients: Perspectives from family physicians

Family Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 336-341

  Hong, Yan ^a   Ory, Marcia G ^a   Lee, Chanam ^a,c   Wang, Suojin ^c   Pulczinksi, Jairus ^a   Forjuoh, Samuel N ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b Department of Family and Community Medicine ^*  (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; WALKING;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; WALKING;

EID: 84862608443     PISSN: 07423225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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