A 30-year follow-up of the effects of child abuse and neglect on obesity in adulthood

Obesity

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1900-1905

  Bentley, Tyrone ^a,b   Widom, Cathy S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^b JOHN JAY COLLEGE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD ABUSE; COHORT ANALYSIS; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADULT; ADULT SURVIVORS OF CHILD ABUSE; BODY MASS INDEX; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT STUDIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; OBESITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 70349502125     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2009.160     Document Type: Article

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