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The prevalence of physical, sexual and mental abuse among adolescents and the association with BMI status

BACKGROUND: Studies among adults show an association between abuse and Body Mass Index (BMI) status. When an aberrant BMI status as a consequence of abuse is already prevalent in adolescence, early detection and treatment of abuse might prevent these adolescents from developing serious weight proble...

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Autores principales: Veldwijk, Jorien, Proper, Karin I, Hoeven-Mulder, Henriëtte B, Bemelmans, Wanda JE
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3507854/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23033819
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-12-840