Socio-economic status and obesity in children in Africa

Obesity Reviews

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1080-1080

  Bovet, P ^a,b   Paccaud, F ^a   Chiolero, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Seychelles)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILDHOOD OBESITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; LETTER; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL; SEYCHELLES; SOCIAL STATUS; SOUTH AFRICA;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 84867894040     PISSN: 14677881     EISSN: 1467789X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-789X.2012.01023.x     Document Type: Letter

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