Weight change, obesity, mental health, and health perception: Self-reports of college-educated women

Primary Care Companion to the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 48-54

  Wyshak, Grace ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY MASS; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DRUG DEPENDENCE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SMOKING; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT CHANGE; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 33847134908     PISSN: 15235998     EISSN: 1555211X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4088/pcc.v09n0108     Document Type: Article

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