Income differences in food consumption in the 1995 Australian National Nutrition Survey

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 57, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1198-1211

  Worsley, A ^a   Blasche, R ^a   Ball, K ^a   Crawford, D ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Age; Australia; Food intake; Gender; Measurement; Per capita income; Survey

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLASSIFICATION; CONTINGENCY TABLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CULTURAL FACTOR; DATA ANALYSIS; EATING; ECONOMICS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD; FOOD INTAKE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GENDER; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; NUTRITION; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; TAXONOMY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EATING; FEMALE; FOOD; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION SURVEYS; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0141891117     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1601670     Document Type: Article

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