Risk factors for obesity in young adults: Hispanics, African Americans and whites in the transition years, age 16-28 years

Biomedicine and Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 48, Issue 3-4, 1994, Pages 143-156

  Must, A ^a   Gortmaker, S L ^b   Dietz, W H ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescence; epidemiology; obesity; overweight

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAUCASOID RACE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEGROID RACE; OBESITY; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TELEVISION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0028281437     PISSN: 07533322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0753-3322(94)90103-1     Document Type: Article

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