Age at arrival and risk of obesity among US immigrants

Obesity

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2669-2675

  Roshania, Reshma ^a   Narayan, K M Venkat ^a   Oza Frank, Reena ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIET; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

ACCULTURATION; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BODY MASS INDEX; COHORT STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; DIET; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 58149311222     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2008.425     Document Type: Article

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