Validating self-rated health in different ethnic groups

Ethnicity and Health

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 151-159

  Chandola, Tarani ^a,c   Jenkinson, Crispin ^b  

^a Nutffield College   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

^c NUFFIELD COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ethnicity; Morbidity; Self rated health; Validation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; RATING SCALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 0033900028     PISSN: 13557858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/713667451     Document Type: Article

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