Excess weight and physical health-related quality of life in postmenopausal women of diverse racial/ethnic backgrounds

Journal of Women's Health

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1449-1458

  Lynch, Cheryl P ^a   McTigue, Kathleen M ^b,c   Bost, James E ^b   Tinker, Lesley F ^d   Vitolins, Mara ^e   Adams Campbell, Lucile ^f   Sarto, Gloria E ^g   Hays Grudo, Jennifer ^h   Manson, Joann E ⁱ   Kuller, Lewis H ^c  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^e WAKE FOREST BAPTIST HEALTH   (United States)

^f GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

ⁱ BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CAREGIVER BURDEN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EMOTION; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PACIFIC ISLANDER; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; OVERWEIGHT; POSTMENOPAUSE; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 77955255180     PISSN: 15409996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2009.1652     Document Type: Article

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