History, haldanes and health inequities: Exploring phenotypic changes in body size by generation and income level in the US-born White and Black non-Hispanic populations 1959-1962 to 2005-2008

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 281-295

  Krieger, Nancy ^a   Chen, Jarvis T ^a   Waterman, Pamela D ^a   Kosheleva, Anna ^a   Beckfield, Jason ^b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Epidemiology; Evolution; Health status disparities; Height; History; Nutrition surveys; Phenotype; Socioeconomic factors; Weight

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH MONITORING; HEALTH STATUS; INCOME; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; SURVEYING;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; HEALTH SURVEY; HISTORY; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METRIC SYSTEM; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SCIENTISTS;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; PHENOTYPE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84875584733     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dys206     Document Type: Article

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