Childhood overweight and obesity by Socio-economic Indexes for Areas [2]

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 187, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 195-

  Li, Mu ^a   Byth, Karen ^b   Eastman, Creswell J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AUSTRALIA; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILD NUTRITION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT ERROR; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; OBESITY; OCCUPATION; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS;

EID: 34548185913     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2007.tb01187.x     Document Type: Letter

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