Family and Neighbourhood Socioeconomic Inequalities in Childhood Trajectories of BMI and Overweight: Longitudinal Study of Australian Children

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Jansen, Pauline W ^a   Mensah, Fiona K ^a,b,c   Nicholson, Jan M ^a,b   Wake, Melissa ^a,b,c  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIAN; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ETHNIC GROUP; FAMILY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEIGHBORHOOD; OBESITY; ONSET AGE; PREDICTION; PRIMARY SCHOOL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL STATUS;

AUSTRALIA; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84880724855     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0069676     Document Type: Article

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