Population-Based Trends in Male Adolescent Obesity in Israel 1967-2003

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 195-198

  Gross, Revital ^a,b   Brammli Greenberg, Shuli ^a   Gordon, Barak ^c,d   Rabinowitz, Jonathan ^b   Afek, Arnon ^c,e  

^a Myers JDC Brookdale Institute   (Israel)

^b BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c Medical Corps Israeli Defense Force ^*  (Israel)

^d Branch of Medical Classification and Occupational Medicine   (Israel)

^e TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Inequality; Israel; Obesity; Trends

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; HUMAN; INCOME; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICA; ASIA; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; USSR;

EID: 58649084610     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2008.07.011     Document Type: Article

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