Prescribing for weight loss in primary care: Evidence from a population based study

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 530-532

  Patterson, Lynsey ^a   Patterson, Chris ^a   Kee, Frank ^a   Hughes, Carmel ^a   Donnelly, Michael ^a   O'Reilly, Dermot ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COHORT ANALYSIS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DRUG; OBESITY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SEASONAL VARIATION; WOMENS HEALTH; DATABASE; DECISION MAKING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MENS HEALTH; WEIGHT;

ANTIOBESITY AGENT;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PRESCRIBING; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEASON; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

OBESITY; PRESCRIBING; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ANTI-OBESITY AGENTS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; NORTHERN IRELAND; OBESITY; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SEASONS; WEIGHT LOSS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84881260105     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech-2012-201995     Document Type: Article

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