Commentary: Important advances in understanding the relationship between acculturation and risk for obesity

Journal of Pediatric Psychology

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 854-856

  Wilson, Dawn K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIGRATION; NOTE; OBESITY;

ACCULTURATION; BODY MASS INDEX; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY;

EID: 84866353759     PISSN: 01468693     EISSN: 1465735X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jpepsy/jss074     Document Type: Note

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