Association of Socioeconomic Position With Under- and Overnutrition in Pakistan

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 884-891

  Janjua, Naveed Zafar ^a,b,c   Iqbal, Romaina ^a,d   Mahmood, Bushra ^e  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b BRITISH COLUMBIA CENTRE FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

^e RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Nutrition Transition; Obesity; Overweight; Pakistan; Socioeconomic Position; Underweight

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MANUAL LABOR; MEAT; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERNUTRITION; PAKISTAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; UNDERWEIGHT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; PAKISTAN; POVERTY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL CLASS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80855132730     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: 18732585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2011.08.006     Document Type: Article

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