Unintended consequences of obesity-targeted health policy

Virtual Mentor

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 339-346

  Brown, Andrew W ^a   Allison, David B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ETHICS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; OBESITY; PUBLIC HEALTH;

HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; OBESITY; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 84884406247     PISSN: 19377010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2013.15.4.pfor2-1304     Document Type: Review

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