Cross-national comparison of environmental and policy correlates of obesity in Europe

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 53-61

  Rabin, Borsika A ^a,b   Boehmer, Tegan K ^a   Brownson, Ross C ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross national comparison; Ecological study; Environment; Europe; Obesity; Policy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EUROPE; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; URBANIZATION; VEGETABLE;

CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DIET; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR VEHICLES; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 33846811421     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckl073     Document Type: Article

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