Incidence of childhood obesity in the United States [1]

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 370, Issue 17, 2014, Pages 1659-1661

  Kuller, Lewis H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; BODY MASS; CHILD; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; WEIGHT CHANGE; WEIGHT CHANGE VELOCITY; FEMALE; MALE; NOTE;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PEDIATRIC OBESITY;

EID: 84899118049     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc1402397     Document Type: Letter

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