Body image among men and women in a biracial cohort: The CARDIA study

International Journal of Eating Disorders

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 71-82

  Smith, Delia E ^a,c   Thompson, J Kevin ^b   Raczynski, James M ^a   Hilner, Joan E ^a  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham Heersink School of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Body image; Ethnicity; Gender

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; CAUCASIAN; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ATTRACTIVENESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SATISFACTION; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BODY IMAGE; COHORT STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; SELF CONCEPT; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0032943853     PISSN: 02763478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-108X(199901)25:1<71::AID-EAT9>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Article

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