Health-related quality of life of severely obese children and adolescents.

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Published in JAMA on April 09, 2003

Authors

Jeffrey B Schwimmer1, Tasha M Burwinkle, James W Varni

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego 92103, USA. jschwimmer@ucsd.edu

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