Nutrition and weight management behaviors: Public and private high school adolescents

American Journal of Health Behavior

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 220-228

  Pearman III, Silas N ^a   Thatcher, William G ^d   Valois, Robert F ^b,c   Drane, J Wanzer ^b  

^a FURMAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d NONE

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EID: 0034420544     PISSN: 10873244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5993/AJHB.24.3.7     Document Type: Article

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