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| Childhood overweight and elementary school outcomes A Datar, R Sturm International journal of obesity 30 (9), 1449-1460, 2006 | 497 | 2006 |
| Caring for depression KB Wells Harvard University Press, 1996 | 462 | 1996 |
| How can care for depression become more cost-effective? R Sturm, KB Wells Jama 273 (1), 51-58, 1995 | 447 | 1995 |
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| Increasing obesity rates and disability trends R Sturm, JS Ringel, T Andreyeva Health Affairs 23 (2), 199-205, 2004 | 378 | 2004 |
| Childhood obesity—what we can learn from existing data on societal trends, part 2 R Sturm Preventing Chronic Disease 2 (2), A20, 2005 | 358 | 2005 |
| Does obesity contribute as much to morbidity as poverty or smoking? R Sturm, KB Wells Public health 115 (3), 229-235, 2001 | 358 | 2001 |
| Costs and use of mental health services before and after managed care: Six years of data show that managed behavioral health care has reduced mental health care costs for one … W Goldman, J McCulloch, R Sturm Health Affairs 17 (2), 40-52, 1998 | 340 | 1998 |
| National estimates of mental health utilization and expenditures for children in 1998 JS Ringel, R Sturm The journal of behavioral health services & research 28, 319-333, 2001 | 339 | 2001 |
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| School and residential neighborhood food environment and diet among California youth R An, R Sturm American journal of preventive medicine 42 (2), 129-135, 2012 | 329 | 2012 |
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