Socio-economic inequalities in overweight among adults in Turkey: A regional evaluation

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 58-66

  Ergin, Isil ^a   Hassoy, Hur ^a   Kunst, Anton ^b  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Education; Overweight; Socio economic inequalities; Turkey

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; SELF REPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADULT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; SELF REPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TURKEY;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84857081302     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980011001972     Document Type: Article

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