Upstream ecological risks for overweight and obesity among african american youth in a rural town in the Deep South, 2007

Preventing Chronic Disease

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Scott, Alison J ^a   Wilson, Rebecca F ^a,b  

^a GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES ADMINISTRATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; HOUSING; HUMAN; OBESITY; RECREATION; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; GEORGIA; HOUSING; HUMANS; OVERWEIGHT; PREJUDICE; RECREATION; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 79955036056     PISSN: 15451151     EISSN: 21665435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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