Physician assistants' attitudes about obesity and obese individuals

Journal of Allied Health

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Wolf, Corri ^a  

^a NEW YORK INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK; OBESITY; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; STEREOTYPING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864359325     PISSN: 00907421     EISSN: 1945404X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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