What lies behind the subjective evaluation of health status?

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 56, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1669-1676

  Kaplan, Giora ^a   Baron Epel, Orna ^b,c  

^a GERTNER INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND HEALTH POLICY RESEARCH   (Israel)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Israel; Self rated health; Subjective health

Indexed keywords

HEALTH STATUS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; EMOTION; EVALUATION; FATIGUE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; ISRAEL; MOOD; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 0037375158     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(02)00179-X     Document Type: Article

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