Screening for childhood obesity: international vs population-specific definitions. Which is more appropriate?
- 14 August 2003
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in International Journal of Obesity
- Vol. 27 (9) , 1121-1126
- https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.ijo.0802385
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