Adult body mass index trajectories and sexual orientation: The Nurses' health study II

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 348-354

  Jun, Hee Jin ^a   Corliss, Heather L ^c   Nichols, Lauren P ^c   Pazaris, Mathew J ^b   Spiegelman, Donna ^a,b   Austin, S Bryn ^a,b,c  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULTHOOD; ARTICLE; BISEXUAL FEMALE; BODY MASS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HETEROSEXUAL FEMALE; HUMAN; LESBIAN; SEXUAL ORIENTATION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BISEXUALITY; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 84858629877     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: 18732607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2011.11.011     Document Type: Article

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