Development in self-rated health among older people as determinant of social relations

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 419-425

  Lund, Rikke ^a   Avlund, Kirsten ^a   Modvig, Jens ^a   Due, Pernille ^a   Holstein, Bjørn E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

ageing; health deterioration; longitudinal studies; self rated health; social support

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; DENMARK; DETERIORATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SATISFACTION; SELF CONCEPT;

AGED; AGING; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 12544254455     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14034940410028     Document Type: Article

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