Height, socioeconomic and subjective well-being factors among U.S. women, ages 49-79

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  Wyshak, Grace ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CAUCASIAN; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMOTION; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OCCUPATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIGION; SATISFACTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES; WELLBEING; WOMEN'S HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL CLASS;

AGED; BODY HEIGHT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIGION; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WOMEN; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 84902504627     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0096061     Document Type: Article

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