The contribution of chronic conditions and disabilities to poor self- rated health in elderly men

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 10, 1999, Pages

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

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

^b Natl Inst Pub Hlth the Environ ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CANCER; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISABILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NETHERLANDS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SELF CONCEPT; STROKE;

EID: 0032694643     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/54.10.M501     Document Type: Article

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