Relationship of domain-specific measures of health to perceived overall health among older subjects

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 11-18

  Kempen, Gertrudis I J M ^a   Miedema, Ida ^a   Van Den Bos, Geertrudis A M ^a   Ormel, Johan ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Aged; Domain specific measures of health; Health status; Perceived overall health; Self rated health

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH; MORBIDITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AFFECT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0031963557     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-4356(97)00234-5     Document Type: Article

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