Weight status and sexual orientation: Differences by age and within racial and ethnic subgroups

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 103-109

  Deputy, Nicholas P ^a   Boehmer, Ulrike ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; ARTICLE; RACE; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CALIFORNIA; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84891719989     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2013.301391     Document Type: Article

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