The influence of childhood and adolescent environmental exposure to a westernized environment on the relation between body mass index and adiposity in young Asian American women.

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Published in Am J Clin Nutr on March 09, 2011

Authors

May C Wang1, Catherine M Crespi

Author Affiliations

1: Departments of Community Health Sciences and Biostatistics, University of California, Los Angeles School of Public Health, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA. maywang@ucla.edu

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