Intergenerational Profiles of Socioeconomic (Dis)advantage and Obesity During the Transition to Adulthood

Demography

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 625-651

  Scharoun Lee, Melissa ^a   Gordon Larsen, Penny ^a   Adair, Linda S ^a   Popkin, Barry M ^a   Kaufman, Jay S ^b   Suchindran, Chirayath M ^c  

^a University of North Carolina   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL   (United States)

Author keywords

Latent class analysis; Life course; Social class; United States; Young adults

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957635192     PISSN: 00703370     EISSN: 15337790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13524-011-0024-5     Document Type: Article

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