Body mass index, perceived health, and happiness: Their determinants and structural relationships

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 143-158

  Cornelisse Vermaat, Judith R ^a,b   Gerri, Antonides ^a   van Ophem, Johan A C ^a   van den Brink, Henriette Maassen ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Happiness; Health; Structural equations

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDINAL SURVEY; BODY MASS; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; LIVING STANDARD; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 33750326608     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-005-4097-7     Document Type: Article

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