Self-rated health among older adults: A cross-national comparison

European Journal of Ageing

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 149-158

  Bardage, Carola ^a   Pluijm, Saskia M F ^b   Pedersen, Nancy L ^a   Deeg, Dorly J H ^b   Jylhä, Marja ^c   Noale, Marianna ^d   Blumstein, Tzvia ^e   Otero, Ángel ^f  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE   (Finland)

^d CNR   (Italy)

^e GERTNER INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND HEALTH POLICY RESEARCH   (Israel)

^f UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ageing; CLESA project; Cross national comparison; Self rated health

Indexed keywords

EID: 23144466641     PISSN: 16139372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10433-005-0032-7     Document Type: Article

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