My quality of life is worse compared to my earlier life : Living with chronic problems after weight loss surgery

International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Groven, Karen Synne ^a   Råheim, Målfrid ^b   Engelsrud, Gunn ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c Norweigan School of Sports Science   (Norway)

Author keywords

Chronic illness; Health; Obesity; Weight loss surgery; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650289075     PISSN: 17482623     EISSN: 17482631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/qhw.v5i4.5553     Document Type: Article

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