Prioritising and tackling socio-economic inequalities in obesity

BMC Obesity

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Peeters, Anna ^a   Backholer, Kathryn ^a  

^a BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AWARENESS; HUMAN; NOTE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 84938700809     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20529538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s40608-014-0016-2     Document Type: Note

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