Residential segregation and obesity among a national sample of Hispanic adults

Journal of Health Psychology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 503-508

  Corral, Irma ^a   Landrine, Hope ^a   Zhao, Luhua ^b  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Hispanics; Latinos; neighborhoods; obesity; segregation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; POVERTY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; POVERTY AREAS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84898954581     PISSN: 13591053     EISSN: 14617277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1359105312474912     Document Type: Article

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