Migrant networks and pathways to child obesity in Mexico

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 685-693

  Creighton, Mathew J ^a   Goldman, Noreen ^b   Teruel, Graciela ^c   Rubalcava, Luis ^d  

^a UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD IBEROAMERICANA   (Mexico)

^d CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN Y DOCENCIA ECONÓMICAS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Mexico; Migration; Networks; Obesity

Indexed keywords

CHILD; MIGRATION; OBESITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL NETWORK;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MEXICO; MIGRATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SOCIOECONOMICS; WELLBEING; OBESITY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; HUMANS; MEXICO; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; RISK FACTORS; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 79955645615     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2010.12.006     Document Type: Article

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