An overview of obesity-specific quality of life questionnaires

Obesity Reviews

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 347-360

  Duval, K ^a   Marceau, P ^a   Perusse L ^b   Lacasse, Y ^a  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Disease specific questionnaire; Obesity; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

BARIATRIC SURGERY; BODY MASS; CLINICAL PATHWAY; CLINICAL TRIAL; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; MORBID OBESITY; OBESITY; POLICY; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALIDATION PROCESS;

HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; OBESITY; OBESITY, MORBID; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 33749819918     PISSN: 14677881     EISSN: 1467789X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-789X.2006.00244.x     Document Type: Review

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