Associations of health risk factors and chronic illnesses with life dissatisfaction among U.S. adults: The Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2006

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 253-259

  Li, Chaoyang ^a   Ford, Earl S ^a   Zhao, Guixiang ^a   Mokdad, Ali H ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic illness; Health risk factors; Life dissatisfaction; Subjective well being

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATTITUDE TO LIFE; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LIFE SATISFACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; WELLBEING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SELF CONCEPT; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349289108     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2009.05.012     Document Type: Article

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