Is informal child care associated with childhood obesity? Evidence from Hong Kong's "children of 1997" birth cohort

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1238-1246

  Lin, Shi Lin ^a   Leung, Gabriel M ^a   Hui, Lai Ling ^a   Lam, Tai Hing ^a   Schooling, C Mary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

BMI; Child care; Children; Cohort study; Informal care; Obesity

Indexed keywords

CHILD CARE; COHORT ANALYSIS; OBESITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CHINESE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

CHINA; HONG KONG;

EID: 80755169487     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyr086     Document Type: Article

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