Associations of lifestyle factors with quality of life (QOL) in Japanese children: A 3-year follow-up of the Toyama Birth Cohort Study

Child: Care, Health and Development

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 433-439

  Chen, Xiaoli ^a   Sekine, M ^a   Hamanishi, S ^a   Yamagami, T ^b   Kagamimori, S ^a  

^a TOYAMA MEDICAL AND PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Hokuriku Health Service Association   (Japan)

Author keywords

Childhood; Health promotion; Longitudinal study; Physical activity; Sleep; Television viewing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD HEALTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JAPAN; LIFESTYLE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL ASPECT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; EATING; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; JAPAN; LIFE STYLE; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SLEEP; TELEVISION; TIME FACTORS; VIDEO GAMES;

EID: 21044438473     PISSN: 03051862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2214.2005.00529.x     Document Type: Article

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