Quality of life and lifestyle among city dwellers participating in the medical programs

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 642-650

  Matsushita, Toshiko ^a   Matsushima, Eisuke ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

City dwellers; Lifestyle; Medical Outcome Study 36 item Short Form Health Survey (SF36); Medical program attendants; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MEDICAL OUTCOME STUDY 36 ITEM SHORT FORM HEALTH SURVEY; MENTAL HEALTH; NORMAL HUMAN; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLEEP; SMOKING; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; JAPAN; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 11144231727     PISSN: 13231316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1819.2004.01315.x     Document Type: Article

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