The educational gradient of obesity increases among Swedish pregnant women: A register-based study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Bjermo, Helena ^a,b   Lind, Simon ^a   Rasmussen, Finn ^a,b  

^a STOCKHOLM COUNTY COUNCIL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Education; Obesity; Overweight; Pregnancy; Socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICA; BODY MASS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE EAST; OBESITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PRENATAL CARE; PREVALENCE; REGISTER; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICAL MODEL; SWEDEN; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AFRICA; BODY MASS INDEX; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MIDDLE EAST; OBESITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PRENATAL CARE; PREVALENCE; REGISTRIES; SOCIAL CLASS; SWEDEN; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84926490234     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-015-1624-6     Document Type: Article

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