Geographic variability in the association between socioeconomic status and BMI in the USA and Canada

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  Lebel, Alexandre ^a,b,c   Kestens, Yan ^d,e   Clary, Christelle ^d,e   Bisset, Sherri ^a,c   Subramanian, S V ^b  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^d CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; BODY MASS; CANADA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC AND GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; GEOGRAPHIC VARIABILITY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED STATES; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; ADOLESCENT; OVERWEIGHT; SAMPLE SIZE; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; CANADA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SAMPLE SIZE; SAMPLING STUDIES; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84903200954     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0099158     Document Type: Article

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