More equal but heavier: A longitudinal analysis of income-related obesity inequalities in an adult Swedish cohort

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 221-231

  Ljungvall, Åsa ^a   Gerdtham, Ulf G ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Change; Concentration index; Decomposition; Gender; Income; Inequality; Obesity; Sweden

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COHORT ANALYSIS; DECOMPOSITION ANALYSIS; GENDER ROLE; INCOME; INDEX METHOD; OBESITY; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE;

AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENDER BIAS; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH STATUS; INCOME; MARRIAGE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SWEDEN;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INCOME; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OBESITY; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SWEDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

EID: 71949089032     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.10.014     Document Type: Article

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