Self-rated health and mortality over three decades: Results from a time- dependent covariate analysis

Research on Aging

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 402-416

  Strawbridge, William J ^a   Wallhagen, Margaret I ^b  

^a Human Population Laboratory   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF EVALUATION;

EID: 0032936395     PISSN: 01640275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0164027599213003     Document Type: Article

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