The link between mental health and obesity: Role of individual and contextual factors

International Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 247-249

  Assari, Shervin ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FAMILY RELATION; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH; OBESITY; PATHOGENESIS; PEER GROUP; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHAME; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL STIGMA;

EID: 84897823869     PISSN: 20087802     EISSN: 20088213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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