College freshman stress and weight change: Differences by gender

American Journal of Health Behavior

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 16-25

  Economos, Christina D ^a   Lise Hildebrandt, M ^a   Hyatt, Raymond R ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

College health; Obesity; Stress; Weight gain

Indexed keywords

EID: 38749135777     PISSN: 10873244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5993/AJHB.32.1.2     Document Type: Article

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