Relationships between weight status and bullying victimization among school-aged adolescents in Guangdong province of China

Biomedical and Environmental Sciences

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 108-112

  Guo, Qiao Zhi ^a   Ma, Wen Jun ^a   Nie, Shao Ping ^a   Xu, Yan Jun ^a   Xu, Hao Feno ^a   Zhang, Yu Run ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Body mass index; Victimization

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952817146     PISSN: 08953988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-3988(10)60039-6     Document Type: Article

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