The longer you stay, the bigger you get: Length of time and language use in the U.S. are associated with obesity in Puerto Rican women
- 19 November 2003
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in American Journal of Physical Anthropology
- Vol. 125 (1), 90-96
- https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.10367
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