Childhood Obesity Prevention Across Borders: The Promise of U.S.-Latin American Research Collaboration

Overview

Journal Obes Rev

Specialty Endocrinology

Date 2021 May 5

PMID 33949095

Citations 8

Authors

Abby C King

Rafael Perez-Escamilla

Susan Vorkoper

Nalini Anand

Juan Rivera

Affiliations

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