Physical characteristics of the environment and BMI of young urban children and their mothers

Health and Place

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1182-1187

  Duarte, Cristiane S ^a   Chambers, Earle C ^b   Rundle, Andrew ^c   Must, Aviva ^d  

^a NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Department of Medicine   (United States)

^d TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Child; Disparities; Maternal weight; Obesity; Physical environment; Race ethnicity

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; CHILD HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHNICITY; INDEX METHOD; MATERNAL HEALTH; OBESITY; RACE; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD PREFERENCE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HISPANIC; HOME ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MATERNAL ATTITUDE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MATERNAL WELFARE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 77957686450     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2010.07.009     Document Type: Article

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