Associations between mothers' and their children's weights at 4 years of age

Childhood Obesity

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 201-207

  Olson, Christine M ^a   Demment, Margaret M ^a   Carling, Stacy J ^a   Strawderman, Myla S ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

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EID: 79953212598     PISSN: 21532168     EISSN: 21532176     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/chi.2010.0419     Document Type: Article

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