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Personal Care Assistance Needs of Obese Elders Entering Nursing Homes

  • Holly C. Felix, PhD, MPA

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Holly C. Felix, PhD, MPA, Department of Health Policy and Management, Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, 4301 West Markham Street, Slot 820, Little Rock, AR 72205.

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 Institutional support for the research described in this paper was provided by the Center for the Study of Obesity, Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. The author was solely responsible for the conceptualization, design and execution of the study and preparation of the manuscript. There are no known conflicts of interest for me with the publication of this manuscript. I am an employee of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). Neither UAMS nor I will financially benefit from the publication of this manuscript.

PII: S1525-8610(08)00028-5

doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2008.01.011

JAMDA
Volume 9, Issue 5 , Pages 319-326 , June 2008

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