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Adolescent Kingston girls' school achievement: nutrition, health and social factors

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 October 2007

Susan P. Walker ,
Sally Grantham-McGregor ,
John H. Himes  and
Sonia Williams
Susan P. Walker
Affiliation:
Tropical Metabolism Research Unit, University of the West Indies, Kingston, Jamaica
Sally Grantham-McGregor
Affiliation:
Tropical Metabolism Research Unit, University of the West Indies, Kingston, Jamaica
John H. Himes
Affiliation:
Division of Epidemiology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
Sonia Williams
Affiliation:
Tropical Metabolism Research Unit, University of the West Indies, Kingston, Jamaica
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Symposium on ‘Adolescent Nutrition: Are We Doing Enough?’
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Proceedings of the Nutrition Society , Volume 55 , Issue 1B , March 1996 , pp. 333 - 343
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Copyright © The Nutrition Society 1996

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