Central and total obesity in middle aged men and women in relation to lifetime socioeconomic status: Evidence from a national birth cohort

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 57, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 816-822

  Langenberg, C ^a   Hardy, R ^a   Kuh, D ^a   Brunner, E ^a   Wadsworth, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLASS; INTERGENERATIONAL TRANSFER; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; WEIGHT;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POPULATION RESEARCH; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL MOBILITY; STATISTICS;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0141956548     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.57.10.816     Document Type: Article

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