Associations between body mass index and health-related quality of life among Australian adults

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 515-520

  Renzaho, Andre ^a   Wooden, Mark ^b   Houng, Brendan ^b  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; BMI; Health related quality of life; Obesity; Underweight

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF CONCEPT; STATISTICS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUSTRALIA; BODY MASS INDEX; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF CONCEPT; THINNESS;

EID: 77956395197     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-010-9610-z     Document Type: Article

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