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Measuring Distributional Inequality: Relative Body Mass Index Distributions by Gender, Race/Ethnicity, and Education, United States (1999–2006)

Few studies consider obesity inequalities as a distributional property. This study uses relative distribution methods to explore inequalities in body mass index (BMI; kg/m(2)). Data from 1999–2006 from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey were used to compare BMI distributions by gen...

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Autor principal: Houle, Brian C.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3065007/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21461393
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/959658