Socioeconomic status and overweight/obesity in an adult Chinese population in Singapore

Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 161-168

  Sabanayagam, Charumathi ^a   Shankar, Anoop ^a   Wong, Tien Yin ^b,c   Saw, Seang Mei ^a,c   Foster, Paul J ^d  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Chinese; Obesity; Overweight; Prevalence; Singapore; Socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHINA; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; SINGAPORE; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; CHINA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SINGAPORE; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 34848928722     PISSN: 09175040     EISSN: 13499092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2188/jea.17.161     Document Type: Article

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