Opposing socioeconomic gradients in overweight and obese adults

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 32-38

  Markwick, Alison ^a   Vaughan, Loretta ^a   Ansari, Zahid ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

BMI; Gender socioeconomic status; Health inequalities; Obesity; Overweight

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BODY MASS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECONOMICS; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; TELEPHONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCOME; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TELEPHONE; VICTORIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84873655124     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1753-6405.12007     Document Type: Article

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