Immigrant assimilation and BMI and waist size: A longitudinal examination among hispanic and chinese participants in the multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis

Obesity

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1695-1703

  Albrecht, Sandra S ^a   Roux, Ana V Diez ^a   Kandula, Namratha R ^b   Osypuk, Theresa L ^c   Ni, Hanyu ^d   Shrager, Sandi ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BODY MASS; CHINESE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 84883199380     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/oby.20104     Document Type: Article

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