Racial differences in education, obesity, and health in later life

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 896, Issue , 1999, Pages 370-372

  Himes, Christine L ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTHRITIS; BODY MASS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033375610     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1999.tb08144.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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