Trends in socioeconomic inequalities in anthropometric status in a population undergoing the nutritional transition: Data from 1982, 1993 and 2004 pelotas birth cohort studies

BMC Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Matijasevich, Alicia ^a   Santos, Iná S ^a   Menezes, Ana M B ^a   Barros, Aluísio J D ^a   Gigante, Denise P ^a   Horta, Bernardo L ^a   Barros, Fernando C ^a,b   Victora, Cesar G ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Child nutrition; Cohort studies; Health status disparities; Overweight; Socioeconomic factors; Stunting

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BRAZIL; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; INFANT; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARD; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BRAZIL; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INFANT; OVERWEIGHT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84863503078     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-511     Document Type: Article

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