The Medical College of Georgia FitKid Project: the relations between program attendance and changes in outcomes in year 1

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• Publication year

  2005

• Venue

  International Journal of Obesity

• Publication date

  2005-09-22

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Education

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  DOI 10.1038/sj.ijo.0803061PMID 16385751
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