Appointment attendance in a pediatric weight management clinic

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 51, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 888-891

  Halvorson, Elizabeth E ^a   Skelton, Joseph A ^a,b  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b North Carolina Baptist Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT LOSS; WEIGHT REDUCTION PROGRAMS;

EID: 84865972437     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: 19382707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0009922811410876     Document Type: Article

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