Short Communication: Relation between stress and other life style factors

Stress and Health

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 23-29

  Roohafza, Hamidreza ^a   Sadeghi, Masoumeh ^a   Sarraf Zadegan, Nizal ^a   Baghaei, Abdolmehdi ^a   Kelishadi, Roya ^a   Mahvash, Masoud ^a   Sajjadi, Firoozeh ^a   Toghianifar, Nafiseh ^a   Talaei, Mohammad ^a  

^a ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Community; Lifestyle; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; DEMOGRAPHY; DIET; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; GENDER; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; IRAN; LIFESTYLE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MARRIAGE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; SMOKING; STRESS; STUDENT T TEST; VEGETABLE;

EID: 33847061185     PISSN: 15323005     EISSN: 15322998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smi.1113     Document Type: Article

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