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Perception, Intention, and Action in Adolescent Obesity

Heather Bittner Fagan, James Diamond, Ronald Myers and James M. Gill
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine November 2008, 21 (6) 555-561; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2008.06.070184
Heather Bittner Fagan
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