Education, health behaviors, and the black-white difference in waist-to-hip ratio

Obesity Research

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 505-512

  Croft, Janet B ^a,e   Freedman, David S ^a   Keenan, Nora L ^a   Sheridan, David P ^b   Macera, Caroline A ^a,c   Wheeler, Fran C ^d  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^b BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL   (United States)

^e CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Blacks; Body fat distribution; Exercise; Smoking; Socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY MASS; CAUCASIAN; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNOLOGY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LEISURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SMOKING; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SMOKING; SOUTH CAROLINA;

EID: 0030279842     PISSN: 10717323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1550-8528.1996.tb00264.x     Document Type: Article

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