Chronic psychological stress and racial disparities in body mass index change between Black and White girls aged 10-19

Annals of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 3-12

  Tomiyama, A Janet ^a   Puterman, Eli ^b   Epel, Elissa S ^b   Rehkopf, David H ^c   Laraia, Barbara A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; BMI; Health disparities; Obesity; Racial disparities; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MENTAL STRESS; OBESITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBERTY; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE FACTORS; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OBESITY; PUBERTY; SOCIAL CLASS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84873407650     PISSN: 08836612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12160-012-9398-x     Document Type: Article

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