Childhood body mass index in community context: Neighborhood safety, television viewing, and growth trajectories of BMI

Health and Social Work

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 169-177

  Cecil Karb, Rebecca ^a   Grogan Kaylor, Andrew ^b  

^a School of Social Work   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Multilevel analysis; Neighborhood effects; Television watching

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349638254     PISSN: 03607283     EISSN: 15456854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hsw/34.3.169     Document Type: Article

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