The meaning of older adults' health appraisals: Congruence with health status and determinant of mortality

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 1996, Pages

  Borawski, Elaine A ^a,c   Kinney, Jennifer M ^a   Kahana, Eva ^b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0029927908     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/51B.3.S157     Document Type: Article

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