Whose socioeconomic status influences a woman's obesity risk: Her mother's, her father's, or her own?

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 131-138

  Ball, Kylie ^a   Mishra, Gita D ^b  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Obesity; Social mobility; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; ADULTHOOD; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILDHOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATHER; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTHER; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OBESITY; OCCUPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; WEIGHT CHANGE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AUSTRALIA; BODY MASS INDEX; FATHERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; LINEAR MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MOTHERS; OBESITY; PARENTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL CLASS;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 32144453294     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10623-005-5666-0     Document Type: Article

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