Socioeconomic inequality of obesity in the United States: Do gender, age, and ethnicity matter?

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1171-1180

  Zhang, Qi ^a   Wang, Youfa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Concentration index; Inequality in health; Obesity; Socioeconomic status; USA

Indexed keywords

AGE-RELATED DIFFERENCE; ETHNICITY; GENDER DISPARITY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MINORITY GROUP; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0346059470     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(03)00288-0     Document Type: Article

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