Global educational disparities in the associations between body mass index and diabetes mellitus in 49 low-income and middle-income countries

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 68, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 705-711

  Wang, Aolin ^a   Stronks, Karien ^b   Arah, Onyebuchi A ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; DATA SET; DEVELOPING WORLD; DIABETES; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; INDEX METHOD;

ADULT; BODY MASS; COMPLICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY;

EID: 84904339658     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech-2013-203200     Document Type: Article

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