Open AccessChild and Adolescent Abuse in Relation to Obesity in Adulthood: The Black Women’s Health Study
Author(s) -
Renée BoyntonJarrett,
Lynn Rosenberg,
Julie R. Palmer,
Deborah A. Boggs,
Lauren A. Wise
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
pediatrics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.611
H-Index - 345
eISSN - 1098-4275
pISSN - 0031-4005
DOI - 10.1542/peds.2011-1554
Subject(s) - medicine , adolescent obesity , obesity , sexual abuse , association (psychology) , physical abuse , adolescent health , suicide prevention , poison control , psychiatry , environmental health , overweight , endocrinology , philosophy , nursing , epistemology
To investigate the association of physical and sexual abuse in childhood and adolescence with risk of adult obesity among black women in the United States.
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