The effect of body mass on health-related quality of life among Singaporean adolescents: Results from the SCORM study

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 167-176

  Østbye, Truls ^a,b   Malhotra, Rahul ^a   Wong, Hwee Bee ^c,d   Tan, Say Beng ^a,e   Saw, Seang Mei ^a,d,f  

^a DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Singapore)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^e SINGAPORE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^f SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Asia; Body mass index; Ethnicity; Obesity; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF REPORT; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SINGAPORE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; OBESITY; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF REPORT; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SINGAPORE;

EID: 77952550578     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-009-9578-8     Document Type: Article

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