One- and Two-Year Predictors of Excess Weight Gain among Elementary Schoolchildren in Multiethnic, Low-Income, Inner-City Neighborhoods
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One-year predictors of smoking initiation and of continued smoking among elementary schoolchildren in multiethnic, low-income, inner-city neighbourhoods.
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عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Epidemiology
سال: 2000
ISSN: 0002-9262
DOI: 10.1093/aje/152.8.739