Immigrants' acculturation and changes in Body Mass Index

Economics and Human Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-7

  Iversen, Tor ^a   Ma, Ching To Albert ^a,b   Meyer, Haakon E ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b Boston University   (United States)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Changes in Body Mass Index; Immigrants; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; IRAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PAKISTAN; SOCIOECONOMICS; SRI LANKA; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); VIET NAM; WEIGHT CHANGE;

ACCULTURATION; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIA; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84870241203     PISSN: 1570677X     EISSN: 18736130     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ehb.2012.02.003     Document Type: Article

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