Job Strenuousness and Obesity: The Case of a Developing Country

Journal of Development Studies

Volumn 50, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1289-1301

  Sohn, Kitae ^a  

^a Kookmin University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; OBESITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

INDONESIA;

EID: 84907593090     PISSN: 00220388     EISSN: 17439140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220388.2014.925543     Document Type: Article

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