Body image preferences among urban African Americans and whites from low income communities

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 377-386

  Becker, Diane M ^a,d   Yanek, Lisa R ^a   Koffman, Dyann Matson ^b   Bronner, Yvonne C ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d Center for Health Promotion   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Community; Obesity; Socioeconomic Status

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICAL MODEL; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS INDEX; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL CLASS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0033182562     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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