Association between perceived interpersonal everyday discrimination and waist circumference over a 9-year period in the midlife development in the United States cohort study

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 173, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1232-1239

  Hunte, Haslyn E R ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

body weight changes; discrimination (psychology); obesity; stress, psychological

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BODY SIZE; COHORT ANALYSIS; HEALTH RISK; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; OBESITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 79957856303     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwq463     Document Type: Article

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