Testing for racial/ethnic differences in the association between childhood socioeconomic position and adult adiposity

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 100, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1088-1094

  Trotter, LaTonya J ^a   Bowen, Deborah J ^a   Beresford, Shirley A A ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CAUCASIAN; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUP; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; NEGRO; OBESITY; RACE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE FACTORS; BODY MASS INDEX; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; LOS ANGELES; MALE; OBESITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 77952282141     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2009.173492     Document Type: Article

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