Health-related quality of life of adolescents with overweight or obesity in the north of Jordan

Child: Care, Health and Development

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 237-243

  Al Akour, N A ^a   Khader, Y S ^a   Khassawneh, M Y ^a   Bawadi, H ^a  

^a JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Body mass index; Obesity; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; JORDAN; MALE; OBESITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BODY MASS INDEX; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; JORDAN; MALE; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCHOOLS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84856550938     PISSN: 03051862     EISSN: 13652214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2214.2011.01248.x     Document Type: Article

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