Can behavioral risk factors explain the difference in body mass index between African-American and European-American women?

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 331-339

  Holmes, Michelle D ^a,b,d   Stampfer, Meir J ^a,c   Wolf, Anne M ^a   Jones, Camara P ^c   Spiegelman, Donna ^a,c   Manson, JoAnn E ^a,c   Colditz, Graham A ^a,c  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b CAMBRIDGE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d CHANNING LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blacks; Body Mass Index; Whites; Women

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BODY MASS; CALORIC INTAKE; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSE; PARITY; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; TELEVISION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BEHAVIOR; BODY MASS INDEX; ENERGY INTAKE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSES; PARITY; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; TELEVISION;

EID: 0032149351     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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