Updating the Canadian obesity maps: An epidemic in progress

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Gotay, Carolyn C ^a   Katzmarzyk, Peter T ^b   Janssen, Ian ^c   Dawson, Marliese Y ^a   Aminoltejari, Khatereh ^a   Bartley, Nicci L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada epidemiology; Geography; Obesity epidemiology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875387407     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03405657     Document Type: Article

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