Urban-rural differences in BMI in low- and middle-income countries: The role of socioeconomic status

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 428-436

  Neuman, Melissa ^a   Kawachi, Ichiro ^a   Gortmaker, Steven ^a   Subramanian, S V ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL STATUS; URBAN AREA; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RURAL HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH; URBANIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84873380575     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.112.045997     Document Type: Article

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