Overweight and obesity among foreign-born and U.S.-born hispanics

Biodemography and Social Biology

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 183-199

  Akresh, Ilana Redstone ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY MASS; CHILD; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; NEWBORN; OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERNATIONALITY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; RISK FACTORS; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959342966     PISSN: 19485565     EISSN: 19485573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19485565.2008.9989141     Document Type: Article

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