Self-rated health and mortality in a Lithuanian and a Dutch population

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 681-689

  Appels, A ^a   Bosma, H ^a   Grabauskas, V ^b   Gostautas, A ^b   Sturmans, F ^c  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b KAUNAS UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Lithuania)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Coronary heart disease; Mortality; Negative explanatory style; Self rated health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY RISK; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MORTALITY; NETHERLANDS; NORMAL HUMAN; PARENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SELF EVALUATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; USSR;

EID: 0030025063     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0277-9536(95)00195-6     Document Type: Article

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