Family Structure and Childhood Obesity: An Analysis Through 8th Grade

Maternal and Child Health Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1772-1777

  Chen, Alex Y ^a   Escarce, José J ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Child health outcomes; Family structure; Obesity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890830162     PISSN: 10927875     EISSN: 15736628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10995-013-1422-7     Document Type: Article

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