South Australian four-year-old Aboriginal children: Residence and socioeconomic status infuence weight

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 285-290

  Spurrier, Nicola J ^a,b   Volkmer, Robert E ^c   Abdallah, Christina Abi ^b   Chong, Alwin ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Children Youth and Women's Health Services   (Australia)

^d Aboriginal Health Council   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aboriginal children; Obesity rates

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PREVALENCE; RURAL HEALTH; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 84862518041     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-6405.2012.00872.x     Document Type: Article

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