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Is the Canadian childhood obesity epidemic related to physical inactivity?

Tremblay, M S, Willms, J D·2003·International Journal of Obesity
DOI 10.1038/sj.ijo.0802376
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Authors
Tremblay, M. S., & Willms, J. D.
Venue
International Journal of Obesity
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published
2003-08-14
Volume
27
Issue
9
Pages
1100-1105
ISSN
  • 0307-0565 (ISSN-L)
  • 1476-5497
DOI
10.1038/sj.ijo.0802376
OpenAlex
W2171079661
Cited by
517
References
1
FWCI
26.05
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)

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