Relationship among lifestyles, aging and psychological wellbeing using the General Health Questionnaire 12-items in Japanese working men

Aging Male

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 115-118

  Kawada, Tomoyuki ^a   Otsuka, Toshiaki ^a   Inagaki, Hirofumi ^a   Wakayama, Yoko ^a   Katsumata, Masao ^a   Li, Qing ^a   Li, Ying Ji ^a  

^a NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

aging; health practice index; Lifestyle; the General Health Questionnaire 12 item version

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGING; ARTICLE; EATING HABIT; EXERCISE; GENERAL HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; JAPAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; SCORING SYSTEM; SLEEP; WORKER;

ADULT; AGING; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMPLOYMENT; EXERCISE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SLEEP; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 79955691306     PISSN: 13685538     EISSN: 14730790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13685538.2010.493588     Document Type: Article

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