Intimations of mortality: Perceived age of leaving middle age as a predictor of future health outcomes within the Whitehall II study

Age and Ageing

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 178-184

  Kuper, Hannah ^a   Marmot, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cohort; Coronary heart disease; Health functioning middle age; Self rated health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGING; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; AGING; ATTITUDE; CORONARY DISEASE; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0037347803     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/32.2.178     Document Type: Article

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