Urban-rural differences in overweight status and physical inactivity among US children aged 10-17 years

Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 407-415

  Liu, Jihong ^a   Bennett, Kevin J ^a,b   Harun, Nusrat ^a   Probst, Janice C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LIFESTYLE; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK; RURAL POPULATION; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; DATA COLLECTION; EXERCISE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 52949151967     PISSN: 0890765X     EISSN: 17480361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-0361.2008.00188.x     Document Type: Article

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