Self-rated health and adverse health outcomes: An exploration and refinement of the trajectory hypothesis

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 1998, Pages

  Wolinsky, Fredric D ^a,b   Tierney, William M ^c,d,e  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Washington University   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d REGENSTRIEF INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e RICHARD L ROUDEBUSH VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEATH; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; HYPOTHESIS; NURSING HOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SELF REPORT;

EID: 0031725107     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/53B.6.S336     Document Type: Article

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