The association between perceived discrimination and obesity in a population-based multiracial and multiethnic adult sample

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 99, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1285-1292

  Hunte, Haslyn E R ^c   Williams, David R ^a,b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIPID STORAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; RACISM; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; AFRICAN AMERICAN; CAUCASIAN; ETHNOLOGY; HISPANIC; IRELAND; ITALY; JEW; MENTAL STRESS; POLAND; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; BODY MASS INDEX; CHICAGO; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; IRELAND; ITALY; JEWS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; OBESITY; POLAND; PREJUDICE; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 67650729584     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2007.128090     Document Type: Article

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