Reliability of perceived health by sex and age

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1117-1122

  Martikainen, Pekka ^a   Aromaa, Arpo ^b   Heliövaara, Markku ^b   Klaukka, Timo ^c   Knekt, Paul ^b   Maatela, Jouni ^c   Lahelma, Eero ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c SOCIAL INSURANCE INSTITUTION   (Finland)

Author keywords

Age; Perceived health; Reliability; Sex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERCEPTION; RELIABILITY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0032976017     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(98)00416-X     Document Type: Article

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