Socio-economic disparities of childhood body mass index in a newly developed population: Evidence from Hong Kong's 'Children of 1997' birth cohort

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 95, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 437-443

  Schooling, C Mary ^a   Yau, Cynthia ^a   Cowling, Benjamin J ^a   Lam, Tai Hing ^a   Leung, Gabriel M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADIPOSITY; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PARENTS; POVERTY AREAS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 77953706993     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2009.168542     Document Type: Article

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