Onset of obesity in a 36 year birth cohort study

British Medical Journal (Clinical research ed.)

Volumn 293, Issue 6542, 1986, Pages 299-303

  Braddon, Fiona E M ^a   Rodgers, Bryan ^a   Wadsworth, Michael E J ^a   Davies, John M C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CHILD; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FORECASTING; HUMAN; OBESITY; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BODY WEIGHT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; SOCIAL CLASS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0022541458     PISSN: 02670623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.293.6542.299     Document Type: Article

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