Ability to taste 6-n-propylthiouracil and BMI in low-income preschool-aged children.

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Published in Obesity (Silver Spring) on April 10, 2008

Authors

Julie C Lumeng1, Tiffany M Cardinal, Jacinta R Sitto, Srimathi Kannan

Author Affiliations

1: Center for Human Growth and Development, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA. jlumeng@umich.edu

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