Family structure and childhood obesity, Early Childhood Longitudinal Study - Kindergarten Cohort

Preventing Chronic Disease

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Chen, Alex Y ^a   Escarce, José J ^b,c  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; TIME; UNITED STATES;

BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77954704441     PISSN: 15451151     EISSN: 21665435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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