Black/White Differences in Relative Weight and Obesity among Girls: The Bogalusa Heart Study
- 31 March 2000
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier in Preventive Medicine
- Vol. 30 (3) , 234-243
- https://doi.org/10.1006/pmed.1999.0611
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