Self-rated health and mortality: Does the relationship extend to a low income setting?

Journal of Health and Social Behavior

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 441-452

  Frankenberg, Elizabeth ^a   Jones, Nathan R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Centers for Disease Control

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INDONESIA; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; POVERTY; SELF DISCLOSURE;

DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INDONESIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; POVERTY; SELF DISCLOSURE;

EID: 18944401687     PISSN: 00221465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002214650404500406     Document Type: Article

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