Worldwide Epidemic of Obesity

Obesity

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 3-11

  Haththotuwa, Rohana N ^a   Wijeyaratne, Chandrika N ^b   Senarath, Upul ^b  

^a Ninewells CARE Mother and Baby Hospital   (Sri Lanka)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

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EID: 84884123901     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-416045-3.00001-7     Document Type: Chapter

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