Age, time, and cohort effects on functional status and self-rated health in elderly men

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 87, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1620-1625

  Hoeymans, Nancy ^a,b   Feskens, Edith J M ^a   Van Den Bos, Geertudis A M ^b   Kromhout, Daan ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 0030668667     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.87.10.1620     Document Type: Article

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