Economic globalization, inequality and body mass index: a cross-national analysis of 127 countries

Critical Public Health

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 7-21

  Vogli, Roberto De ^a,b   Kouvonen, Anne ^c   Elovainio, Marko ^d   Marmot, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^d NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

globalization; income inequality; obesity; trade liberalization and foreign direct investment

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL FUEL;

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHRONIC DISEASE; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; FETAL MALNUTRITION; GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INVESTMENT; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALNUTRITION; POPULATION SIZE; POVERTY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; URBANIZATION;

EID: 84892533393     PISSN: 09581596     EISSN: 14693682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09581596.2013.768331     Document Type: Article

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