Socioeconomic variation in the impact of obesity on health-related quality of life

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 71, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1864-1871

  Minet Kinge, Jonas ^a   Morris, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

England; EQ 5D; Health related quality of life; Obesity; Socioeconomic status (SES); UK

Indexed keywords

HOUSEHOLD INCOME; OBESITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; OBESITY; PREDICTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED KINGDOM;

BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL CLASS;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 78049289478     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2010.09.001     Document Type: Article

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