Social context explains race disparities in obesity among women

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 465-469

  Bleich, Sara N ^a   Thorpe Jr , Roland J ^a   Sharif Harris, Hamidah ^a,b   Fesahazion, Ruth ^a   Laveist, Thomas A ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Criminal Justice and Applied Social and Political Sciences Department   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH RISK; LOW INCOME POPULATION; OBESITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; URBAN AREA; WOMENS HEALTH; WOMENS STATUS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MENTAL STRESS; NEGRO; OBESITY; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; POVERTY; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77952062359     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2009.096297     Document Type: Article

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