Changes in waist circumference and body mass index in the US Cardia cohort: Fixed-effects associations with self-reported experiences of racial/ethnic discrimination

Journal of Biosocial Science

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 267-278

  Cunningham, Timothy J ^a   Berkman, Lisa F ^a,b   Kawachi, Ichiro ^a   Jacobs, David R ^c   Seeman, Teresa E ^d   Kiefe, Catarina I ^e   Gortmaker, Steven L ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b HARVARD CENTER FOR POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT STUDIES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CAUCASIAN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RACISM; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; YOUNG ADULT; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; RACISM; SEX FACTORS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; UNITED STATES; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84873543364     PISSN: 00219320     EISSN: 14697599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021932012000429     Document Type: Article

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