Educational level, relative body weight, and changes in their association over 10 years: An international perspective from the WHO MONICA Project

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 90, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 1260-1268

  Molarius, A ^a   Seidell, J C ^a   Sans, S ^a   Tuomilehto, J ^a   Kuulasmaa, K ^a  

^a Centre for Public Health Research Karlstad   (Sweden)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0033931880     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.90.8.1260     Document Type: Article

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