Determinants of poor self-rated health in late life

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 188-196

  Hays, Judith C ^a   Schoenfeld, David E ^a   Blazer, Dan G ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEPRESSION; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; FITNESS; GERIATRIC CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SELF CONCEPT; SMOKING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0029987666     PISSN: 10647481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019442-199622430-00002     Document Type: Article

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