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Assessment of Child Anthropometry in a Large Epidemiologic Study
Published on: February 2, 2017
Cardiovascular health in US adolescents: far from ideal
Laura L Hayman1, Cheryl Dennison Himmelfarb
1Laura L. Hayman, PhD, RN, FAAN Associate Dean for Research and Professor of Nursing, College of Nursing and Health Sciences, Associate Vice-Provost for Research, University of Massachusetts Boston. Cheryl Dennison Himmelfarb, PhD, RN, ANP, FAAN Associate Professor, Department of Acute and Chronic Care, Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing, Division of Health Sciences Informatics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, and Deputy Director, Johns Hopkins Institute for Clinical and Translational Research, Baltimore, Maryland.
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