General and abdominal obesity in South Korea, 1998-2007: Gender and socioeconomic differences

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 460-465

  Yoo, Sunmi ^a   Cho, Hong Jun ^b   Khang, Young Ho ^b  

^a Inje University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Abdominal obesity; Asia; Body mass index; Education; Income; Occupational group; Overweight; Socioeconomic factors; Waist circumference

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH KOREA; TREND STUDY; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, ABDOMINAL; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 78649692253     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2010.10.004     Document Type: Article

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