Differences in overweight and obesity among Australian schoolchildren of low and middle/high socioeconomic status

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 179, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 63-

  O'Dea, Jennifer A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMAN; INCOME; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITION; OBESITY; PARENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; RANDOMIZATION; SCHOOL; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STUDENT;

EID: 0041813279     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2003.tb05430.x     Document Type: Letter

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