Implicit and Explicit Anti-Fat Bias among a Large Sample of Medical Doctors by BMI, Race/Ethnicity and Gender

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Sabin, Janice A ^a   Marini, Maddalena ^b,c   Nosek, Brian A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; SAMPLING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICIANS; PREJUDICE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 84868698716     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0048448     Document Type: Article

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