Lifetime Socioeconomic Status, Historical Context, and Genetic Inheritance in Shaping Body Mass in Middle and Late Adulthood

American Sociological Review

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 705-737

  Liu, Hexuan ^a   Guo, Guang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

cohort; gene environment interaction; lifetime socioeconomic status; obesity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIC; OBESITY; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84938491187     PISSN: 00031224     EISSN: 19398271     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0003122415590627     Document Type: Article

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