Minimum wage and overweight and obesity in adult women: A multilevel analysis of low and middle income countries

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2016, Pages

  Conklin, Annalijn I ^a   Ponce, Ninez A ^a   Frank, John ^b   Nandi, Arijit ^c   Heymann, Jody ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIDDLE INCOME GROUP; OBESITY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREVALENCE; WORKMAN COMPENSATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMICS; FACTUAL DATABASE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; SALARY AND FRINGE BENEFIT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; SALARIES AND FRINGE BENEFITS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84962551058     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0150736     Document Type: Article

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