Differences in the association between childhood trauma and BMI in black and white South African women

African Journal of Psychiatry (South Africa)

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 201-205

  Goedecke, J H ^a,b   Forbes, J ^a   Stein, D J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Body fat; Body image; Childhood trauma questionnaire; Ethnicity, Socioeconomic status; Sexual abuse

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; CAUCASIAN; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD NEGLECT; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CHILDHOOD TRAUMA QUESTIONNAIRE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMOTIONAL ABUSE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; NEGRO; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ABUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL STATUS; SOUTH AFRICA; CHILD; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH DISPARITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; OBESITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84883056514     PISSN: 19948220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/ajpsy.v16i3.27     Document Type: Article

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