The relationship between living environment, well-being and lifestyle behaviours in young women in Shiraz, Iran

Health and Social Care in the Community

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 275-284

  Salehi, Asiyeh ^a   Harris, Neil ^a   Sebar, Bernadette ^a   Coyne, Elisabeth ^b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Iran; lifestyle behaviours; living environment; well being; young women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR; CONVENIENCE SAMPLE; EDUCATION; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; IRANIAN (CITIZEN); LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NEIGHBORHOOD; OCCUPATION; PERCEPTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SATISFACTION WITH LIFE SCALE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL CAPITAL; WELLBEING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN RELATION; IRAN; MENTAL HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; IRAN; LIFE STYLE; MENTAL HEALTH; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 84949921775     PISSN: 09660410     EISSN: 13652524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/hsc.12304     Document Type: Article

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