Bridging the gender gap in behavioral obesity intervention: A comment on Morgan et al

Annals of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 133-134

  Befort, Christie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ASSISTED THERAPY; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; OBESITY; PROCEDURES; WEIGHT LOSS PROGRAM;

HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; WEIGHT REDUCTION PROGRAMS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84879409529     PISSN: 08836612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12160-012-9445-7     Document Type: Note

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