Family-Based Weight Management in the Pediatric Healthcare Setting

Obesity Management

Volumn 1, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 197-202

  Sothern, Melinda S ^a   Gordon, Stewart T ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 42249094773     PISSN: 15451712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/obe.2005.1.197     Document Type: Article

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