Gender and socioeconomic disparities in BMI trajectories in the Seychelles: A cohort analysis based on serial population-based surveys

BMC Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Rossi, Isabelle A ^a   Rousson, Valentin ^a   Viswanathan, Bharathi ^b   Bovet, Pascal ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Seychelles)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEYCHELLES; SOCIAL CLASS;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS; SEYCHELLES; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 83055192082     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-912     Document Type: Review

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