Obesity prevention: The impact of local health departments

Health Services Research

Volumn 48, Issue 2 PART1, 2013, Pages 603-627

  Chen, Zhuo ^a   Roy, Kakoli ^a   Gotway Crawford, Carol A ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral risk factor surveillance system; local health departments; multilevel logit; obesity prevention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; LIFESTYLE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBID OBESITY; OBESITY; RISK REDUCTION;

ADULT; AGED; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OBESITY, MORBID; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875056494     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2012.01447.x     Document Type: Article

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