Self-rated health and mortality among young men: What is the relation and how may it be explained?

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 259-266

  Larsson, Daniel ^a   Hemmingsson, Tomas ^a   Lundberg, Ingvar ^a   Allebeck, Peter ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

mortality; self rated health; young men

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK; SELF CONCEPT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; SUICIDE; SURVIVAL; SWEDEN; VIOLENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; EMOTION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEN; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEOPLASMS; ODDS RATIO; SELF CONCEPT; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SUICIDE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SWEDEN; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0038519772     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14034940210133997     Document Type: Article

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