Revisiting the independent of income on the risk of obesity

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 135, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 2496-

  Mbuya, Mduduzi N N ^a   Habicht, Jean Pierre ^a   Monteiro, Carlos A ^b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAZIL; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENERGY; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; LETTER; NUTRIENT; OBESITY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; ECONOMICS; NOTE; PREVALENCE;

BRAZIL; HUMANS; INCOME; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 26444462086     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/135.10.2496     Document Type: Letter

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