Intergenerational social networks and health behaviors among children living in public housing

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 105, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 2291-2297

  Kennedy Hendricks, Alene ^a   Schwartz, Heather ^b   Thornton, Rachel Johnson ^c   Griffin, Beth Ann ^b   Green, Harold D ^b   Kennedy, David P ^b   Burkhauser, Susan ^b   Pollack, Craig Evan ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY WEIGHT; CAREGIVER; CHILD; DIET; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HOUSING; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; OVERWEIGHT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; BODY WEIGHT; CAREGIVERS; CHILD; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DIET; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MARYLAND; OVERWEIGHT; PUBLIC HOUSING; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84943763039     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2015.302663     Document Type: Article

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