Parental incarceration and gender-based risks for increased body mass index: Evidence from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health in the United States

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 175, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 636-644

  Roettger, Michael E ^a   Boardman, Jason D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Collateral consequences of incarceration; Gender and stress internalization; Internalizing externalizing behaviors; Parental incarceration; Risk factors for obesity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; BODY MASS; GENDER ISSUE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN BEHAVIOR; OBESITY; RISK FACTOR; WOMENS HEALTH; YOUNG POPULATION;

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH; ADULT; ADULTHOOD; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; LIFE STRESS; MALE; MODEL; OBESITY; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PRISONER; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD OF IMPAIRED PARENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; OBESITY; PARENTS; PRISONERS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84859505185     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwr409     Document Type: Article

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