Correlates and suspected causes of obesity in children

Psychology in the Schools

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 787-796

  Crothers, Laura M ^a   Kehle, Thomas J ^b   Bray, Melissa A ^b   Theodore, Lea A ^c  

^a DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c Dept of Economics and Thomas Jefferson Program in Public Policy at the College of William and Mary   (United States)

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EID: 76749118057     PISSN: 00333085     EISSN: 15206807     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pits.20417     Document Type: Article

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