Income-specific trends in obesity in Brazil: 1975-2003

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 97, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1808-1812

  Monteiro, Carlos A ^a,c   Conde, Wolney L ^a   Popkin, Barry M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b University of North Carolina   (United States)

^c NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; AGED; BODY MASS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; INCOME; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; TIME;

ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; BRAZIL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34948873638     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2006.099630     Document Type: Article

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