Effect of national wealth on BMI: An analysis of 206,266 individuals in 70 low-, middle-and high-income countries

PLoS ONE

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2017, Pages

  Masood, Mohd ^a,b   Reidpath, Daniel D ^b  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BODY MASS; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GLOBAL HEALTH; HIGH INCOME COUNTRY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; LOW INCOME COUNTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; OCCUPATION; OUTCOME VARIABLE; SAMPLING; YOUNG ADULT; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; INCOME; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 85021664694     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0178928     Document Type: Article

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