Making obesity everybody's business: What is the employer's role?

Obesity Management

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 169-175

  Blackburn, David ^a  

^a Nutrition and Health Partnership   (United States)

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EID: 50349087238     PISSN: 15451712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/obe.2008.0205     Document Type: Review

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