Revealing hidden hunger: How to screen and intervene

Contemporary Pediatrics

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 10-20

  O'Malley, Jennifer A ^a   Beck, Andrew F ^a   Peltier, Christopher B ^a,b   Klein, Melissa D ^a  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Pediatric Associates of Mount Carmel   (United States)

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EID: 84874164495     PISSN: 87500507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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