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Socioeconomic gradients in body mass index (BMI) in US immigrants during the transition to adulthood: examining the roles of parental education and intergenerational educational mobility

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  • Sandra S Albrecht Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA Department of Nutrition, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Penny Gordon-Larsen Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA Department of Nutrition, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  1. Correspondence to Dr Sandra S Albrecht, Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 123 West Franklin Street, Chapel Hill, NC 27516, USA; ssalb{at}unc.edu
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Albrecht SS, Gordon-Larsen P
Socioeconomic gradients in body mass index (BMI) in US immigrants during the transition to adulthood: examining the roles of parental education and intergenerational educational mobility
J Epidemiol Community Health 2014;68:842-848.

Publication history

  • Received January 7, 2014
  • Revised April 19, 2014
  • Accepted May 1, 2014
  • First published May 20, 2014.
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December 05, 2016

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