Self rated health as a predictor of coronary heart disease in Copenhagen, Denmark

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 423-428

  Møller, Lars ^a,b   Kristensen, Tage S ^c   Hollnagel, Hanne ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEATH; DENMARK; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0029815674     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.50.4.423     Document Type: Article

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