A cross-sectional examination of modifiable risk factors for chronic disease among a nationally representative sample of youth: are Canadian students graduating high school with a failing grade for health?

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Published in BMC Public Health on June 11, 2013

Authors

Scott T Leatherdale1, Vicki Rynard

Author Affiliations

1: School of Public Health and Health Systems, University of Waterloo, 200 University Avenue, Waterloo ON, N2L 3G1, Canada. sleather@uwaterloo.ca

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