Effect of length of residence on overweight by region of birth and age at arrival among US immigrants

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 868-875

  Oza Frank, Reena ^a   Venkat Narayan, K M ^a,b,c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Immigrant; Length of residence; Overweight; Region of birth

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953659259     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980009992084     Document Type: Article

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