Self-rated health and mortality: Could clinical and performance-based measures of health and functioning explain the association?

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 277-288

  Lyyra, Tiina Mari ^a   Heikkinen, Eino ^a   Lyyra, Anna Liisa ^a   Jylhä, Marja ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Anthropometrics; Clinical chemistry; Mortality of older people; Performance based functioning; Self rated health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY BUILD; CLINICAL CHEMISTRY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; SELF CONCEPT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANTHROPOMETRY; CHRONIC DISEASE; COGNITION; FEMALE; FINLAND; HAND STRENGTH; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 33645244105     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2005.08.001     Document Type: Article

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