Body mass index in a US national sample of Asian Americans: effects of nativity, years since immigration and socioeconomic status
- 24 August 2000
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in International Journal of Obesity
- Vol. 24 (9), 1188-1194
- https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.ijo.0801365
Abstract
International Journal of Obesity is a monthly, multi-disciplinary forum for papers describing basic, clinical and applied studies in biochemistry, genetics and nutrition, together with molecular, metabolic, psychological and epidemiological aspects of obesity and related disordersKeywords
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