Loosening the link between childhood poverty and adolescent smoking and obesity: The protective effects of social capital

Psychological Science

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 3-7

  Evans, Gary W ^a   Kutcher, Rachel ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

obesity; poverty; smoking; social capital

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RURAL POPULATION; SMOKING; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; BODY MASS INDEX; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEW YORK; OBESITY; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SMOKING; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 78951486953     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797610390387     Document Type: Article

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