Residential property values are associated with obesity among women in King County, WA, USA

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 491-495

  Rehm, Colin D ^a   Moudon, Anne V ^a   Hurvitz, Philip M ^a   Drewnowski, Adam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Health status disparities; Health surveys; Obesity; Social class; Socioeconomic factors; USA; Women

Indexed keywords

HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HOMEOWNERSHIP; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; OBESITY; PROPERTY RIGHTS; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; WOMENS EMPLOYMENT; WOMENS STATUS;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY VALUE; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; TAX; TELEPHONE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WASHINGTON; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

KING COUNTY [WASHINGTON]; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

EID: 84861685489     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.03.041     Document Type: Article

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