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Body dissatisfaction, self-esteem, and depression in obese Korean children

Na Young Shin1, Min Sup Shin

  • 1Department of Psychiatry, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, South Korea.

The Journal of Pediatrics
|March 19, 2008
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