Income disparities in obesity trends among California adolescents

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 100, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2149-2155

  Babey, Susan H ^a   Hastert, Theresa A ^b   Wolstein, Joelle ^a   Diamant, Allison L ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; OBESITY; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; RACE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BODY MASS INDEX; CALIFORNIA; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; OBESITY; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 77958184172     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2010.192641     Document Type: Article

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