Long-term trends in obesity among Austrian adults and its relation with the social gradient: 1973-2007

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 306-312

  Großschädl, Franziska ^a   Stronegger, Willibald J ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; BODY MASS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL CLASS; TIME; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRIA; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84875987378     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/cks033     Document Type: Article

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