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. 2015 Jun;54(7):693-6.
doi: 10.1177/0009922815574080. Epub 2015 Feb 26.

Emotional Health Predicts Changes in Body Mass Index (BMI-z) Among Black and Latino Youth

Maryam M Jernigan  1 , Lisa Rosenthal  2 , Amy Carroll-Scott  3 , Susan M Peters  4 , Catherine McCaslin  5 , Jeanette R Ickovics  4
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Emotional Health Predicts Changes in Body Mass Index (BMI-z) Among Black and Latino Youth

Maryam M Jernigan et al. Clin Pediatr (Phila). 2015 Jun.
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