Effectiveness of prevention programmes for obesity and chronic diseases among immigrants to developed countries – a systematic review

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• Publication year

  2009

• Venue

  Public Health Nutrition

• Publication date

  2009-09-02

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Sociology

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  DOI 10.1017/S136898000999111XPMID 19723366
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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