Associations of subjective social status with physical activity and body mass index across four asian countries

Journal of Obesity

Volumn 2014, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Frerichs, Leah ^a   Huang, Terry T K ^a   Chen, Duan Rung ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHINA; CHINESE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; JAPAN; JAPANESE (PEOPLE); KOREAN (PEOPLE); MALE; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; SOUTH KOREA; TAIWAN; WEIGHT CHANGE; ASIA; BODY WEIGHT; EXERCISE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; ASIA; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 84902190299     PISSN: 20900708     EISSN: 20900716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2014/710602     Document Type: Article

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