Self-rated health, mortality, and chronic diseases in elderly men: The zutphen study, 1985-1990

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 138, Issue 10, 1993, Pages 840-848

  Pijls, Loek T J ^a   Feskens, Edith J M ^a   Kromhout, Daan ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aged; Chronic disease; Health status; Health status indicators; Mortality; Prospective studies

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; RISK FACTOR; SELF EVALUATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NETHERLANDS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0027425398     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a116787     Document Type: Article

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