Socio-economic determinants of health and physical fitness in southern Ethiopia

Economics and Human Biology

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 55-75

  Kimhi, Ayal ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Health; Nutrition inequality; Physical fitness; Wealth inequality

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; FITNESS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; MALE; MORBIDITY; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THEORETICAL STUDY; WELLBEING; HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHYSICAL FITNESS; RURAL HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 15944375466     PISSN: 1570677X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1570-677X(02)00007-2     Document Type: Article

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