Public Health
Volume 122, Issue 5 , Pages 509-515 , May 2008

Prevalence of overweight and associated factors in southern Brazilian adolescents

Received 26 December 2006 ,Revised 10 July 2007 ,Accepted 7 August 2007.

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doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2007.08.002

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