Physical activity and obesity gap between black and white women in the southeastern U.S.

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 140-147

  Buchowski, MacIej S ^a   Cohen, Sarah S ^c,d   Matthews, Charles E ^a   Schlundt, David G ^a   Signorello, Lisa B ^a,c   Hargreaves, Margaret K ^b   Blot, William J ^a,c  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c INTERNATIONAL EPIDEMIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RACE DIFFERENCE; SITTING; UNITED STATES; CAUCASIAN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; EXERCISE; MIDDLE AGED; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77955301073     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2010.03.025     Document Type: Article

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