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. 2014 Aug;10(4):283-4.
doi: 10.1089/chi.2014.1041. Epub 2014 Jul 1.

Pediatric severe obesity: time to establish serious treatments for a serious disease

Stephen R Daniels  1 , Aaron S Kelly
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Pediatric severe obesity: time to establish serious treatments for a serious disease

Stephen R Daniels et al. Child Obes. 2014 Aug.
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