Insurance coverage for weight loss: Overweight adults' views

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 453-458

  Jarlenski, Marian P ^a   Gudzune, Kimberly A ^b   Bennett, Wendy L ^b,c   Cooper, Lisa A ^b,c   Bleich, Sara N ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OVERWEIGHT; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT REDUCTION PROGRAMS;

EID: 84876348946     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: 18732607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2013.01.021     Document Type: Article

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