The impact of macroeconomic conditions on obesity in Canada

Health Economics (United Kingdom)

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 751-759

  Latif, Ehsan ^a  

^a THOMPSON RIVERS UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

obesity; unemployment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CANADA; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECONOMICS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MACROECONOMICS; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; TIME; UNEMPLOYMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CANADA; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OBESITY; SOCIAL CLASS; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 84899952368     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: 10991050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.2946     Document Type: Article

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