Lifecourse infectious origins of sexual inequalities in central adiposity

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1556-1564

  Schooling, C Mary ^a,b   Jones, Heidi E ^a   Leung, Gabriel M ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Central obesity; Infection; Sex; Socio economic position

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS A ANTIBODY; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

BODY SHAPE; ETHNICITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH RISK; HEPATITIS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SMOKING; SOCIAL IMPACT; VULNERABILITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY BUILD; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHILDHOOD INFECTION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HERPES VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8; HYPOTHESIS; INFECTION; LIFE HISTORY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OBESITY; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEROLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SMOKING; WAIST HIP RATIO;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; NUTRITION SURVEYS; OBESITY, ABDOMINAL; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, VIRAL; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 83455213401     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyr128     Document Type: Article

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