The relationship between obesity and health related quality of life of women in a Turkish city with a high prevalence of obesity

Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 508-515

  Dinç, Gönül ^a   Eser, Erhan ^a   Saatli, Gül ^a   Cihan, Ümit Atman ^a   Oral, Ahmet ^a   Baydur, Hakan ^a   Özcan, Cemil ^a  

^a CELAL BAYAR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

General health related quality; Health related quality of life; Obesity; Turkey; WHOQOL; Women

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL CLASS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL CLASS; TURKEY;

EID: 33845418560     PISSN: 09647058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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