Lifestyles and psychosomatic symptoms among elementary school students and junior high school students

Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 95-102

  Isshiki, Yuriko ^a   Morimoto, Kanehisa ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Elementary school; Health practice index; Junior high school; Lifestyles; Psychosomatic symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; JAPAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MEAL; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER; SCHOOL CHILD; SLEEP; TELEVISION;

EID: 3042819796     PISSN: 1342078X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1265/ehpm.9.95     Document Type: Article

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