Obesity and health related quality of life in the general adult population of the Canary Islands

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 171-177

  Serrano Aguilar, P ^a,b   Munoz Navarro S R ^c   Ramallo Farina Y ^e   Trujillo Martin M M ^d  

^a Canary Islands Health Service   (Spain)

^b CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE LA FRONTERA   (Chile)

^d Fundacion Canaria de Investigacion y Salud FUNCIS   (Spain)

^e Servicio Canario de Salud   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adults; Health surveys; Obesity; Quality of life; Questionnaires

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SPAIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 59849092491     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-008-9427-1     Document Type: Article

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