Nurses and families rising to the challenge of overweight children

Nurse Practitioner

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 30-35

  Harbaugh, Bonnie Lee ^a   Jordan Welch, Marti ^a   Bounds, Wendy ^a   Blom, Lindsey ^a   Fisher, Wanda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

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EID: 73649100533     PISSN: 03611817     EISSN: 15388662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.NPR.0000263085.09019.62     Document Type: Article

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