Learned Helplessness with Excess Weight and Other Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Children

American Journal of Health Behavior

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 51-59

  Johnson, Carolyn C ^a   Myers, Leann ^b   Webber, Larry S ^b   Hunter, Saundra MacD ^a   Bonura, Susan R ^b   Berenson, Gerald S ^a,c  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIV MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Tulane Center for Cardiovascular Health   (United States)

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EID: 0031542374     PISSN: 10873244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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