Relationship between socioeconomic variables and obesity in Korean adolescents

Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 263-270

  Oh, In Hwan ^a   Cho, Youngtae ^b   Park, So Youn ^a   Oh, Changmo ^a   Choe, Bong Keun ^a   Choi, Joong Myung ^a   Yoon, Tai Young ^a  

^a Kyung Hee University Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Korea; Obesity; Socioeconomic factors; Subjective social status

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; KOREA; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KOREA; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 79960722463     PISSN: 09175040     EISSN: 13499092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2188/jea.JE20100099     Document Type: Article

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