Open AccessEmergence of Socioeconomic Inequalities in Smoking and Overweight and Obesity in Early Adulthood: The National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health
Author(s) -
Seungmi Yang,
John Lynch,
John E. Schulenberg,
Ana V. Diez Roux,
Trivellore E. Raghunathan
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2007.111609
Subject(s) - socioeconomic status , overweight , body mass index , obesity , medicine , demography , longitudinal study , environmental health , population , sociology , endocrinology , pathology
We examined whether socioeconomic inequalities in smoking and overweight and obesity emerged in early adulthood and the contribution of family background, adolescent smoking, and body mass index to socioeconomic inequalities.