Associations between childhood socioeconomic position and adulthood obesity.

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Published in Epidemiol Rev on July 31, 2009

Authors

Laura C Senese1, Nisha D Almeida, Anne Kittler Fath, Brendan T Smith, Eric B Loucks

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Occupational Health, McGill University, Montréal, Québéc, Canada,

Associated clinical trials:

Individualized Dietetic Intervention-eating Habits in Obese Hispanic Children of Low Socioeconomic Status | NCT01925976

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