Increasing cost-effectiveness in obesity treatment through use of self-help behavioral manuals and decreased therapist contact.

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• Publication year

  1982

• Venue

  Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology

• Publication date

  1982-06-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Economics, Psychology

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1037//0022-006X.50.3.448PMID 6808042
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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