Telemedicine and face-to-face care for pediatric obesity

Telemedicine and e-Health

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 806-808

  Lipana, Lawrence Santiago ^a,b   Bindal, Deepika ^b,c   Nettiksimmons, Jasmine ^d   Shaikh, Ulfat ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Glendale Adventist Medical Center   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

medical records; telecommunications; telehealth; telemedicine

Indexed keywords

CHILDHOOD OBESITY; MEDICAL RECORD; RURAL COMMUNITY; TELEHEALTH; UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA; WEIGHT MAINTENANCE; WEIGHT MANAGEMENT; WEIGHT PARAMETERS;

MEDICAL COMPUTING; NUTRITION; TELECOMMUNICATION;

TELEMEDICINE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RURAL HEALTH CARE; TELECONSULTATION; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; REMOTE CONSULTATION; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; WEIGHT REDUCTION PROGRAMS;

EID: 84885061038     PISSN: 15305627     EISSN: 15563669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/tmj.2012.0292     Document Type: Review

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