Trends in self-rated health in Finland 1972-1992

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 625-632

  Heistaro, Sami ^a   Vartiainen, Erkki ^a   Puska, Pekka ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

age; cross sectional study; education; Finland; gender; income; North Karelia Project; self rated health

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SELF EXAMINATION; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 0030249813     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/pmed.1996.0098     Document Type: Article

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