Trend in the prevalence of overweight and obesity among Urban African American hospital employees and public housing residents

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 94, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 566-576

  Shavers, Vickie L ^a,b   Shankar, Sharada ^a  

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

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Obesity; Overweight; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HOUSING; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION SURVEYS; OBESITY; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HOUSING; SOCIAL CLASS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0036631516     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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