Lower obesity rate during residence at high altitude among a military populationl with frequent migration: A quasi experimental model for investigating spatial causation

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Voss, Jameson D ^a,b   Allison, David B ^c   Webber, Bryant J ^b,d   Otto, Jean L ^e,f   Clark, Leslie L ^e,g  

^a WRIGHT PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE   (United States)

^b UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^d Nutrition and Obesity Research Center University of Alabama at Birmingham ^*  (United States)

^e Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center   (United States)

^f HENRY M JACKSON FOUNDATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF MILITARY MEDICINE   (United States)

^g GENERAL DYNAMICS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIR FORCE; ALTITUDE; ARMY; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; ICD-9; MALE; MIGRATION; OBESITY; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; RESIDENTIAL AREA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES; GEOGRAPHY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SOLDIER;

ALTITUDE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MILITARY PERSONNEL; OBESITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84899692747     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0093493.t001     Document Type: Article

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