A fatter, healthier but more unequal world

The Lancet

Volumn 387, Issue 10026, 2016, Pages 1349-1350

  Smith, George Davey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MORTALITY; NOTE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; HEALTH; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH DISPARITY; MOTOR ACTIVITY;

BODY MASS INDEX; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBESITY;

EID: 84964289647     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(16)00588-2     Document Type: Note

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