Designing an agent-based model for childhood obesity interventions: A case study of childobesity180

Preventing Chronic Disease

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Hennessy, Erin ^a   Ornstein, Joseph T ^b   Economos, Christina D ^c   Herzog, Julia Bloom ^c   Lynskey, Vanessa ^c   Coffield, Edward ^d   Hammond, Ross A ^e  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e BROOKINGS INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BODY MASS; CHILD; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84959018961     PISSN: 15451151     EISSN: 21665435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5888/pcd13.150414     Document Type: Article

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