Self-esteem and mortality: Prospective evidence from a population-based study

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 58-65

  Stamatakis, Katherine A ^a   Lynch, John ^a   Everson, Susan A ^b   Raghunathan, Trivellore ^a   Salonen, Jukka T ^c   Kaplan, George A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Mortality; Psychosocial Factors; Self esteem; Socioeconomic Factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FINLAND; HAZARD; HEALTH; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; SELF ESTEEM; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 0345528234     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1047-2797(03)00078-4     Document Type: Article

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