A prospective study of weight change and health-related quality of life in women

JAMA

Volumn 282, Issue 22, 1999, Pages 2136-2142

  Fine, Jennifer T ^a,b   Colditz, Graham A ^b   Coakley, Eugenie H ^a,b   Moseley, George ^a,b   Manson, JoAnn E ^a,b   Willett, Walter C ^a,b   Kawachi, Ichiro ^a,b,c  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c CHANNING LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 0033537011     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.282.22.2136     Document Type: Article

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