Association of ethnicity and socioeconomic status with judgments of body size: The Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) Study

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 165, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1055-1062

  Lynch, Elizabeth ^a   Liu, Kiang ^a   Spring, Bonnie ^a   Hankinson, Arlene ^a   Wei, Gina S ^b   Greenland, Philip ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Body composition; Body image; Body mass index; Body size; Ethnic groups; Social class

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BODY SIZE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; ETHNICITY; HEALTH RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; YOUNG POPULATION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUCASIAN; CORONARY ARTERY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NEGRO; OBESITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BODY IMAGE; BODY SIZE; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERCEPTION; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34247172854     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwk114     Document Type: Article

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