Life-course socioeconomic status and obesity among older Singaporean Chinese men and women

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 117-127

  Malhotra, Rahul ^a   Malhotra, Chetna ^a   Chan, Angelique ^a,b   Østbye, Truls ^a,c  

^a DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aged; Obesity; Social class; Social mobility; Southeast Asia

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGAPORE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; TIME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; SEX FACTORS; SINGAPORE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84871811343     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbs102     Document Type: Article

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