Race/ethnicity, life-course socioeconomic position, and body weight trajectories over 34 years: the Alameda County Study.
OBJECTIVES: We investigated whether race differences in weight gain over 34 years were because of socioeconomic position (SEP) and psychosocial and behavioral factors (physical activity, cigarette smoking, alcohol consumption, depression, marital status, number of children). We used a life-course ap...
| Publicado en: | American Journal of Public Health Vol. 95; no. 9; pp. 1595 - 1602 |
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| Formato: | equations & formulas research tables/charts Journal Article |
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American Public Health Association
Sep2005
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