Smoking habits and health-related quality of life in a rural Japanese population

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 199-204

  Funahashi, Koichi ^a   Takahashi, Ippei ^a   Danjo, Kazuma ^a   Matsuzaka, Masashi ^a   Umeda, Takashi ^a   Nakaji, Shigeyuki ^a  

^a HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Health promotion; Physical examination; Quality of life; Questionnaires; Rural population; Smoking

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RURAL POPULATION; SMOKING;

AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; RURAL POPULATION; SMOKING;

EID: 79952241618     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-010-9748-8     Document Type: Article

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