Children's Nutritional Health: Running on Empty?

American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 115-118

  Terre, Lisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

Author keywords

child; lifestyle; nutrition

Indexed keywords

EID: 84990345107     PISSN: 15598276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1559827608327992     Document Type: Review

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