Effects of bodyweight on health-related quality of life in school-aged children and adolescents

Pediatrics International

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 552-556

  Sato, Hirokazu ^a,b   Nakamura, Nobue ^c   Sasaki, Nozomu ^b  

^a Sunrise Children's Clinic   (Japan)

^b SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Children and adolescents; Health related quality of life; Obesity index; Overweight; Underweight

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF ESTEEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRENGTH; UNDERWEIGHT;

ADOLESCENT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 50249149529     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: 1442200X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200X.2008.02628.x     Document Type: Article

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