Identifying and managing childhood obesity: We can do it better

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 401-402

  Baur, Louise A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; EPIDEMIC; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; NOTE; OBESITY; PEDIATRICIAN; PEDIATRICS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; HUMANS; OBESITY; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 33746379040     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: 14401754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.2006.00888.x     Document Type: Note

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