High prevalence of obesity among inner-city adolescent boys in the Bronx, New York: Forgetting our boys

Preventing Chronic Disease

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Isasi, Carmen R ^a   Whiffen, Amy ^a   Campbell, Eleanor ^b   Florez, Yolanda ^a   Freeman, Katherine ^a   Wylie Rosett, Judith ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEW YORK; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 79955034421     PISSN: 15451151     EISSN: 21665435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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