Obesity prevention in second life: The international health challenge

Cases on Collaboration in Virtual Learning Environments: Processes and Interactions

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 110-120

  Lee, Rebecca E ^a,b   Layne, Charles S ^a   McFarlin, Brian K ^a   O'Connor, Daniel ^a   Siddiqi, Sameer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

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EID: 84901550795     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60566-878-9.ch007     Document Type: Chapter

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