National economic development and disparities in body mass index: A cross-sectional study of data from 38 countries

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  Neuman, Melissa ^a   Kawachi, Ichiro ^a   Gortmaker, Steven ^a   Subramanian, S V ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; MEAN TARIFF; OBESITY; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; UNDERWEIGHT; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION;

BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY;

EID: 84903384954     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0099327     Document Type: Article

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