Body mass index and health-related quality of life among young Swiss men

BMC Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Dey, Michelle ^a   Gmel, Gerhard ^b   Mohler Kuo, Meichun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Body mass index; Cannabis; Cigarettes; Health related quality of life; Physical activity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBESITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING; STATISTICAL MODEL; SWITZERLAND; YOUNG ADULT;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SMOKING; SWITZERLAND; THINNESS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84886464759     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-1028     Document Type: Article

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