The differential effect of education and occupation on body mass and overweight in a sample of working people of the general population

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 532-537

  Galobardes, Bruna ^a   Morabia, Alfredo ^a   Bernstein, Martine S ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Body Mass Index; Education; Occupation; Overweight; Social Class

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; OCCUPATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS;

ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; EDUCATION; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OCCUPATIONS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 0033669815     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1047-2797(00)00075-2     Document Type: Article

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