Birth cohort effect on the obesity epidemic in Denmark

Epidemiology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 292-295

  Olsen, Lina W ^a   Baker, Jennifer L ^a   Holst, Claus ^a   Sørensen, Thorkild I A ^a,b  

^a Mental Health Services CPH   (Denmark)

^b The Capital Region   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; COHORT ANALYSIS; DENMARK; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SOLDIER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; DENMARK; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY;

EID: 33646769273     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ede.0000208349.16893.e0     Document Type: Article

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