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Journal of Obesity
Volume 2011 (2011), Article ID 686521, 6 pages
doi:10.1155/2011/686521
Research Article

Canadian Physicians' Use of Antiobesity Drugs and Their Referral Patterns to Weight Management Programs or Providers: The SOCCER Study

R. S. Padwal,1,2 S. Damjanovic,3 K. M. Schulze,4 R. Z. Lewanczuk,1 D. C. W. Lau,5 and A. M. Sharma1

1Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, T6G 2V2, Canada
2Department of Medicine, Walter C. MacKenzie Health Sciences Center (2F1.26), University of Alberta Hospital, 8440-112 Street, Edmonton, AB, T6G 2B7, Canada
3Madella Clinical Research Consulting, Hamilton, Ontario, L9C 7W6, Canada
4Population Health Research Institute, McMaster Hamilton, University Health Sciences, Hamilton, ON, L8L 2X2, Canada
5Department of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, T2N 4N1, Canada

Received 13 September 2010; Accepted 15 October 2010

Academic Editor: A. Halpern

Copyright © 2011 R. S. Padwal et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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