Self-rated health and self-assessed change in health in elderly men and women - A five-year longitudinal study

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 4-5, 1998, Pages 591-597

  Leinonen, Raija ^a   Heikkinen, Eino ^a   Jylhä, Marja ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Elderly people; Longitudinal study; Self rated health

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FINLAND; GERIATRIC CARE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SELF EVALUATION; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGED; FEMALE; FINLAND; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 0032007583     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(97)00205-0     Document Type: Article

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