Convergence of body mass index of immigrants to the Canadian-born population: evidence from the National Population Health Survey (1994

Convergence of body mass index of immigrants to the Canadian-born population: evidence from the National Population Health Survey (1994–2006)

Published:2009-07-30 Issue:10 Volume:24 Page:611-623
ISSN:0393-2990
Container-title:European Journal of Epidemiology
language:en
Short-container-title:Eur J Epidemiol

Author:

Setia Maninder Singh,Quesnel-Vallee Amelie,Abrahamowicz Michal,Tousignant Pierre,Lynch John

Publisher

Springer Science and Business Media LLC

Subject

Epidemiology

Link

http://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s10654-009-9373-4.pdf

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