Motorized transportation, social status, and adiposity: The China Health and Nutrition Survey

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-10

  Qin, Li ^a   Stolk, Ronald P ^a   Corpeleijn, Eva ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC INTAKE; CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; CHINA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR VEHICLE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PROTEIN INTAKE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL STATUS; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; URBAN AREA; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADIPOSITY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; AUTOMOBILES; CHINA; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTRITION SURVEYS; OBESITY; OWNERSHIP; SOCIAL CLASS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862684770     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: 18732607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2012.03.022     Document Type: Article

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