Obesity: A worldwide epidemic

Home Health Care Management and Practice

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 442-444

  Alpert, Patricia T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

BMI; Calories; Chronic; Epidemic; Obesity; Weight

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350135454     PISSN: 10848223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1084822309334688     Document Type: Article

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