Childhood obesity

Current Problems in Pediatrics

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 5-29

  Strauss, Richard ^a  

^a ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; APPETITE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; APPETITE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0032616270     PISSN: 00459380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-9380(99)80011-5     Document Type: Article

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