Using concentration index to study changes in socio-economic inequality of overweight among US adolescents between 1971 and 2002

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 916-925

  Zhang, Qi ^a   Wang, Youfa ^b  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Body mass index; Inequality; Obesity; Overweight; Socio economic

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; BODY MASS; DISEASE PREVALENCE; OBESITY; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHILD; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; NUTRITION SURVEYS; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME; UNITED STATES;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34548585266     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dym064     Document Type: Article

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