Marital status, marital transitions, and body weight

Journal of Health and Social Behavior

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 327-343

  Umberson, Debra ^a   Liu, Hui ^b   Powers, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77950750106     PISSN: 00221465     EISSN: 21506000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002214650905000306     Document Type: Article

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