The independent effect of body mass index on health-related quality of life among racial and ethnic subgroups

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1565-1575

  Huisingh Scheetz, M J ^a   Bilir, S P ^a   Rush, P ^a   Burnet, D ^a   Dale, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Ethnicity; Health related quality of life; Obesity; Race

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; BODY MASS; CAUCASIAN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; ARTICLE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; CHICAGO; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 84884417044     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-012-0305-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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