Gender differences in positive and negative self-assessments of health status in a national epidemiological study of Israeli aged

Journal of Women and Aging

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 21-41

  Prager, Edward ^a   Walter Ginzburg, Adrian ^b   Blumstein, Tsvia ^b   Modan, Baruch ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Gender; Health assessment; Longitudinal models; Subjective health

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; ISRAEL; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF EVALUATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; ISRAEL; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEN; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WOMEN;

EID: 0033256505     PISSN: 08952841     EISSN: 15407322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J074v11n04_03     Document Type: Article

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