Do age and social relations moderate the relationship between self-rated health and mortality among adult Danes?

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 57, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1237-1247

  Helweg Larsen, Marie ^a   Kjøller, Mette ^b   Thoning, Henrik ^b  

^a DICKINSON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Age; Denmark; Mortality; Self rated health; Social networks; Social relations

Indexed keywords

AGE; HEALTH STATUS; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; MORTALITY; SELF ASSESSMENT;

AGE; ARTICLE; DENMARK; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LIFESTYLE; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; SELF EVALUATION; SOCIOECONOMICS;

DENMARK;

EID: 0042669733     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(02)00504-X     Document Type: Article

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