Interaction between education and household wealth on the risk of obesity in women in Egypt

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Aitsi Selmi, Amina ^a   Chandola, Tarani ^b   Friel, Sharon ^a,c   Nouraei, Reza ^d   Shipley, Martin J ^a   Marmot, Michael G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c The Australian National University   (Australia)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EGYPT; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOUSEHOLD WEALTH; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RESIDENTIAL HOME; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EGYPT; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCOME; OBESITY; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 84863009635     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0039507     Document Type: Article

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