Home and neighbourhood built environment features in family-based treatment for childhood obesity
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Contributions of built environment to childhood obesity.
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عنوان ژورنال: Pediatric Obesity
سال: 2018
ISSN: 2047-6302
DOI: 10.1111/ijpo.12477