Assessing the evidence base for interventions to prevent the further increase in obesity

Australian Economic Review

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 97-104

  Avenell, Alison ^a   Goode, Alison ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE PREVALENCE; OBESITY; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 42449153294     PISSN: 00049018     EISSN: 14678462     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8462.2008.00492.x     Document Type: Review

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