Psychosocial correlates of body mass index in the United States: Intersection of race, gender and age

Iranian Journal of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2016, Pages

  Assari, Shervin ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Body mass index; Gender; Race

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RACE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84986292729     PISSN: 17358639     EISSN: 17359287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17795/ijpbs-3458     Document Type: Article

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