Mexico-United States migration and the prevalence of obesity: A transnational perspective

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 172, Issue 22, 2012, Pages 1760-1762

  Flórez, Karen R ^a   Dubowitz, Tamara ^a   Saito, Naomi ^b   Borges, Guilherme ^c   Breslau, Joshua ^a  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PSIQUIATRÍA RAMÓN DE LA FUENTE MUÑIZ   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARBONATED BEVERAGE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MEXICO; MIGRATION; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84871388752     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/2013.jamainternmed.77     Document Type: Article

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