Neighbourhood level versus individual level correlates of women's body dissatisfaction: Toward a multilevel understanding of the role of affluence

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 193-199

  McLaren, Lindsay ^a   Gauvin, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLASS; NEIGHBORHOOD; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; WOMENS STATUS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHYSICAL ATTRACTIVENESS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PSYCHOSOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SATISFACTION; SOCIAL CLASS;

ADULT; ALBERTA; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY HEIGHT; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; QUEBEC; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL CLASS; WOMEN;

CANADA;

EID: 0036179035     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.56.3.193     Document Type: Article

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