A life course approach to obesity

A Life Course Approach to Chronic Disease Epidemiology

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages

  Gillman, Matthew W ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Early life prevention; Obesity; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

EID: 84923036881     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198578154.003.0008     Document Type: Chapter

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