Attrition in a multidisciplinary pediatric weight management clinic

Childhood Obesity

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 185-193

  Skelton, Joseph A ^a,b   Goff, David C ^a   Ip, Edward ^a   Beech, Bettina M ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b North Carolina Baptist Hospital   (United States)

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EID: 79959569282     PISSN: 21532168     EISSN: 21532176     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/chi.2011.0010     Document Type: Article

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