Research ArticleOriginal Article
Underdiagnosis of Obesity at a Community Health Center
Celeste A. Lemay, Suzanne Cashman, Judith Savageau, Kenneth Fletcher, Rebecca Kinney and Ellen Long-Middleton
The Journal of the American Board of Family
Practice January 2003, 16 (1) 14-21; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.16.1.14
Celeste A. Lemay
RN, BSN
Suzanne Cashman
ScD
Judith Savageau
MPH
Kenneth Fletcher
PhD
Rebecca Kinney
MPH
Ellen Long-Middleton
RN, PhD

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The Journal of the American Board of Family
Practice
Vol. 16, Issue 1
1 Jan 2003
Underdiagnosis of Obesity at a Community Health Center
Celeste A. Lemay, Suzanne Cashman, Judith Savageau, Kenneth Fletcher, Rebecca Kinney, Ellen Long-Middleton
The Journal of the American Board of Family
Practice Jan 2003, 16 (1) 14-21; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.16.1.14
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