Ethnic differences in perceptions of body satisfaction and body appearance among U.S. Schoolchildren: A cross-sectional study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Mikolajczyk, Rafael T ^a   Iannotti, Ronald J ^b   Farhat, Tilda ^b   Thomas, Vijaya ^b  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR PREVENTION RESEARCH AND EPIDEMIOLOGY BIPS   (Germany)

^b EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SATISFACTION; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84861992386     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-425     Document Type: Article

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