Public Health
Volume 123, Issue 5 , Pages 365-370 , May 2009

Obesity in urban civil servants in Ghana: Association with pre-adult wealth and adult socio-economic status

Received 2 October 2008 ,Revised 12 January 2009 ,Accepted 4 February 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2009.02.003

Public Health
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