Stigmatization of obese children and adolescents, the importance of gender

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• Publication year

  2008

• Venue

  Obesity Reviews

• Publication date

  2008-11-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Sociology, Psychology

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  DOI 10.1111/j.1467-789X.2008.00509.xPMID 18643945
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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