An inter-governmental approach to childhood obesity

Public Health: Improving Health via Inter-Professional Collaborations

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 73-83

  Bozlak, Christine ^a   Becker, Adam ^b,c   Herd, Jennifer ^d   Teitelman, Andrew ^e   Viola, Judah ^f   Olson, Bradley ^f   Choucair, Bechara ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY AT ALBANY   (United States)

^b Children's Memorial Research Center   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CHICAGO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e Chicago Cleaning House   (United States)

^f NATIONAL LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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