Are geographic regions with high income inequality associated with risk of abdominal weight gain?

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-6

  Kahn, Henry S ^a   Tatham, Lilith M ^a   Pamuk, Elsie R ^b   Heath Jr , Clark W ^a  

^a AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdomen; Health status indicators; Income; Obesity; Socioeconomic factors; Weight gain

Indexed keywords

HEALTH RISK; INCOME INEQUALITY; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; OBESITY; REGIONAL ECONOMY;

ABDOMEN; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SELF EVALUATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; WEIGHT GAIN;

ABDOMEN; AGED; BODY CONSTITUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT GAIN;

USA;

EID: 0031805057     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(97)10081-8     Document Type: Article

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