Does it begin at school or home?: Institutional origins of overweight among young children in immigrant families

Immigration Diversity and Education

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 205-224

  Van Hook, Jennifer ^a   Baker, Elizabeth ^a   Altman, Claire ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 77954050525     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203872864     Document Type: Chapter

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