Social marginalization of overweight children.

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Published in Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med on August 01, 2003

Authors

Richard S Strauss1, Harold A Pollack

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Pediatrics, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-Robert Wood Johnson School of Medicine, New Brunswick, USA. rstrauss@prdus.jnj.com

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