Fear of Neighborhood Violence During Adolescence Predicts Development of Obesity a Decade Later: Gender Differences Among African Americans.

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Published in Arch Trauma Res on May 27, 2016

Authors

Shervin Assari1, Maryam Moghani Lankarani2, Cleopatra Howard Caldwell3, Marc A Zimmerman4

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA; Center for Research on Ethnicity, Culture and Health, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA; Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
2: Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
3: Center for Research on Ethnicity, Culture and Health, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA; Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
4: Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA; Michigan Youth Violence Prevention Center, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.

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