School-Based Obesity-Prevention Programs

Global Perspectives on Childhood Obesity

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 319-331

  Dunton, Genevieve Fridlund ^a   Durand, Casey P ^a   Riggs, Nathaniel R ^a   Pentz, Mary Ann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 84882851101     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-374995-6.10030-1     Document Type: Chapter

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