Body mass index in a US national sample of Asian Americans: Effects of nativity, years since immigration and socioeconomic status

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 1188-1194

  Lauderdale, D S ^a   Rathouz, P J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Asian Americans; Body mass index; Obesity ethnology; Socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033816416     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0801365     Document Type: Article

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