Socioeconomic status is not inversely associated with overweight in preschool children

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 157, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Van Rossem, Lenie ^a   Silva, Lindsay M ^a   Hokken Koelega, Anita ^a   Arends, Lidia R ^a   Moll, Henriëtte A ^a   Jaddoe, Vincent W V ^a   Hofman, Albert ^a   MacKenbach, Johan P ^a   Raat, Hein ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

BMI; Body mass index; CI; Confidence interval; Odds ratio; OR; SDS; Standard deviation score

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STATUS;

EID: 78449285938     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2010.06.008     Document Type: Article

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