Personalized medicine in women's obesity prevention and treatment: Implications for research, policy and practice

Obesity Reviews

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 145-161

  Yang, N ^a,b,c   Ginsburg, G S ^a,b,c   Simmons, L A ^a,b,c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Intervention; Obesity; Obesity treatment; Personalized medicine; Prevention; Women

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GENETIC RISK; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; OBESITY; PERSONALIZED MEDICINE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL STATUS;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALIZED MEDICINE; NUTRITION POLICY; OBESITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84872150076     PISSN: 14677881     EISSN: 1467789X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-789X.2012.01048.x     Document Type: Article

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