Evaluation of health-related quality of life using EQ-5D in Takamatsu, Japan

Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 25-35

  Fujikawa, Ai ^a   Suzue, Takeshi ^a   Jitsunari, Fumihiko ^b   Hirao, Tomohiro ^a  

^a KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Sanyo Gakuen University   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chronic conditions; EQ 5D; Health related behaviors; Healthy Japan 21; HRQOL

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; EUROQOL 5D; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; JAPAN; JAPANESE; LEISURE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFE STRESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUALITY OF LIFE INDEX; QUESTIONNAIRE; SLEEP TIME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; URBAN HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78651234057     PISSN: 1342078X     EISSN: 13474715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12199-010-0162-1     Document Type: Article

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