Body mass index in urban Canada: Neighborhood and metropolitan area effects

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 500-508

  Ross, Nancy A ^a   Tremblay, Stephane ^b   Khan, Saeeda ^b   Crouse, Daniel ^a   Tremblay, Mark ^b   Berthelot, Jean Marie ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b STATISTICS CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; URBAN AREA; ADULT; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CANADA; CENSUSES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION DENSITY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL CONFORMITY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 33847764032     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2004.060954     Document Type: Article

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