Sociodemographic and clinical determinants of quality of life in urban population of Poland

Central European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 63-68

  Kwasniewska M ^a   Bielecki, W ^b   Drygas, W ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cholesterol; Hypertension; Physical activity; Poland; Quality of life; Risk factors; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INDUSTRIALIZATION; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POLAND; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF CARE; SITTING; URBAN POPULATION;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PAIN; POLAND; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 3042633481     PISSN: 12107778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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