Physician weight recommendations for overweight and obese firefighters, United States, 2011-2012

Preventing Chronic Disease

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  Wilkinson, Michelle Lynn ^a   Brown, Austin Lane ^a   Poston, Walker Seward Carlos ^b   Haddock, Christopher Keith ^b   Jahnke, Sara Anne ^b   Day, Rena Sue ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; COUNSELING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FIRE FIGHTER; HUMAN; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PATIENT CARE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARDS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TOBACCO USE; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; COUNSELING; FIREFIGHTERS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PATIENT CARE MANAGEMENT; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOBACCO USE; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 84904362521     PISSN: 15451151     EISSN: 21665435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5888/pcd11.140091     Document Type: Article

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