Self-reported life satisfaction and 20-year mortality in healthy finnish adults

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 152, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 983-991

  Koivumaa Honkanen, H ^a   Honkanen, R ^b   Viinamaki H ^a   Heikkila K ^c   Kaprio, J ^c,d   Koskenvuo, M ^e  

^a KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cohort studies; Happiness; Health; Mortality; Personal satisfaction; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

HEALTH RISK; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; MORTALITY; QUALITY OF LIFE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FINLAND; HAPPINESS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIFE SATISFACTION; MALE; MORTALITY; NORMAL HUMAN; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF REPORT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

FINLAND;

EID: 0034669348     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/152.10.983     Document Type: Article

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