Assessing overweight and cardiovascular risks among college students

American Journal of Health Education

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 83-90

  Hlaing, WayWay ^a   Nath, Subrata D ^b   Huffman, Fatma G ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

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EID: 34347256678     PISSN: 19325037     EISSN: 21683751     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19325037.2007.10598948     Document Type: Article

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