Economic conditions and obesity [1]

JAMA

Volumn 301, Issue 24, 2009, Pages 2546-

  Egger, Garry ^a   Tapia Granados, José A ^b  

^a SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LETTER; MEDICAL EXPERT; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; ECONOMICS; NOTE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMICS;

HUMANS; OBESITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 67650090414     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2009.869     Document Type: Letter

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