Socioeconomic Position in Childhood and Adulthood and Weight Gain over 34 Years: The Alameda County Study

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 608-614

  Baltrus, Peter Thomas ^a   Everson rose, Susan A ^a   Lynch, John W ^a   Raghunathan, Trivellore E ^a   Kaplan, George A ^a  

^a MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCOME; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OCCUPATIONS; PARENTS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 34547110398     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2007.03.007     Document Type: Article

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