Adding obesity to the problem list increases the rate of providers addressing obesity

Family Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 629-633

  Banerjee, Elaine Seaton ^a   Gambler, Angela ^b   Fogleman, Corey ^c  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Lancaster General Research Institute   (United States)

^c LANCASTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUNSELING; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL SCHOOL; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; COUNSELING; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; FACULTY, MEDICAL; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS, PROBLEM-ORIENTED; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY;

EID: 84885129935     PISSN: 07423225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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