Are neighborhood education levels associated with BMI among adults in Cairo, Egypt?

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 72, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1274-1283

  Mowafi, Mona ^a   Khadr, Zeinab ^b   Subramanian, S V ^a   Bennett, Gary ^c   Hill, Allan ^a   Kawachi, Ichiro ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b American University in Cairo   (Egypt)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body mass index (BMI); Education; Egypt; Inequities; Neighborhoods; Obesity; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; FOOD AVAILABILITY; NEIGHBORHOOD; OBESITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EGYPT; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MALE; NEIGHBORHOOD; NUTRITION EDUCATION; SOCIAL STATUS; URBAN AREA; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EGYPT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OBESITY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL CLASS; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

CAIRO [EGYPT]; EGYPT;

EID: 79954933259     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.01.032     Document Type: Article

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