Income inequality and the double burden of under- and overnutrition in india

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 61, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 802-809

  Subramanian, S V ^a   Kawachi, Ichiro ^a   Smith, George Davey ^b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; DEVELOPING WORLD; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; HEALTH POLICY; INCOME; NUTRITION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; MARRIED WOMAN; OBESITY; OVERNUTRITION; POPULATION RESEARCH; SOCIOECONOMICS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCOME; INDIA; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; SOCIAL JUSTICE;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 34548263593     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2006.053801     Document Type: Article

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