Sex differences in the association of socioeconomic status with obesity

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 92, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 1299-1304

  Wardle, Jane ^a   Waller, Jo ^a   Jarvis, Martin J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; OCCUPATION; PREDICTION; RISK; SEX; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 0036311483     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.92.8.1299     Document Type: Article

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