Community studies reporting association between self-rated health and mortality: Additional studies, 1995 to 1998

Research on Aging

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 392-401

  Benyamini, Yael ^a   Idler, Ellen L ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; FITNESS; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MORTALITY; REVIEW; SELF EVALUATION; SURVIVAL TIME;

EID: 0032963896     PISSN: 01640275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0164027599213002     Document Type: Review

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