The predictive value of different socio-economic indicators for overweight in nine European countries

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1256-1266

  Roskam, Albert Jan R ^a   Kunst, Anton E ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Educational attainment; Household income; International study; Occupational class; Overweight; Socio economic indicators

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; OCCUPATION; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPE; EUROPEAN UNION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OVERWEIGHT; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 56049112116     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980008002747     Document Type: Article

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