Sense of coherence, health locus of control, and quality of life in obese adults: Physical limitations and psychological normalcies

International Journal of Public Health

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 16-26

  Lengerke, Thomas ^a,b   Janssen, Christian ^c   John, Jürgen ^b   Lowel H ^d   Meisinger, C ^d   Illig, T ^d   Holle, R ^d   John, J ^d  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Gender differences; Health locus of control; Health related quality of life; Obesity; Sense of coherence; Severeobesity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANALYSIS OF COVARIANCE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; GERMANY; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOM SAMPLE; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL STATUS;

EID: 33947431726     PISSN: 16618556     EISSN: 1420911X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00038-006-5038-1     Document Type: Article

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