Maternal employment and early childhood overweight: Findings from the UK Millennium Cohort Study

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 30-38

  Hawkins, S S ^a   Cole, T J ^a   Law, C ^a   Dezateux, Carol ^a   Peckham, Catherine ^a   Bedford, Helen ^a   Rahi, Jugnoo ^a   Griffiths, Lucy J ^a   Cumberland, Phillippa ^a   Pearce, Anna ^a   Bartington, Suzanne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Employment; Fathers; Mothers; Preschool children

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTHER; OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM; WORK SCHEDULE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHERS; ODDS RATIO; OVERWEIGHT; RISK FACTORS; WOMEN, WORKING;

EID: 38149049788     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: 14765497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0803682     Document Type: Article

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