Measuring obesity in young children

Canadian Public Policy

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 349-363

  Phipps, Shelley ^a   Burton, Peter ^a   Lethbridge, Lynn ^a   Osberg, Lars ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL POLICY;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 14844348905     PISSN: 03170861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3552519     Document Type: Article

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