Intergenerational educational mobility and obesity in adolescence: Findings from the cross-sectional German KiGGS study

Journal of Public Health (Germany)

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 49-56

  Kuntz, Benjamin ^a   Lampert, Thomas ^a  

^a ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Education; Life course; Obesity; Social accumulation; Social mobility

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL MOBILITY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 84872876756     PISSN: 09431853     EISSN: 16132238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10389-012-0523-x     Document Type: Article

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