Aspects of parenting and family functioning associated with obesity in adolescent refugees and migrants from African backgrounds living in Australia

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 317-324

  Mellor, David ^a   Renzaho, Andre ^b   Swinburn, Boyd ^a   Green, Julie ^c   Richardson, Ben ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adolescent; African; Family functioning; Immigrant; Obesity; Parenting style

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864566601     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-6405.2012.00894.x     Document Type: Article

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