A comparison of Health-Related Quality of Life among normal-weight, overweight and obese adolescents

Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences

Volumn 30, Issue , 2011, Pages 1272-1276

  Asl, Navid R Hosseinzadeh ^a   Poursharifi, Hamid ^b  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TABRIZ   (Iran)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Health Related Quality of Life; Obesity; Overweight

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855645254     PISSN: 18770428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sbspro.2011.10.246     Document Type: Conference Paper

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