Education modifies the association of wealth with obesity in women in middle-income but not low-income countries: An interaction study using seven national datasets, 2005-2010

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Aitsi Selmi, Amina ^a   Bell, Ruth ^a   Shipley, Martin J ^a   Marmot, Michael G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BENIN; COLOMBIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATION; EGYPT; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INCOME; INDIA; JORDAN; NIGERIA; OBESITY; PARITY; PERU; PREVALENCE; RURAL AREA; SAMPLE SIZE; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN AREA; WEALTH; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COLOMBIA; EGYPT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; JORDAN; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PERU; POVERTY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84898782474     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0090403     Document Type: Article

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