Severity of self-reported diseases and symptoms in Denmark

Population Health Metrics

Volumn 4, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Iburg, Kim Moesgaard ^a   Rasmussen, Niels Kristian ^b   Avlund, Kirsten ^c  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREATHING DISORDER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; INTERVIEW; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANCHOLIA; MENTAL DISEASE; MORBIDITY; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHORT FORM 36; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYMPTOM;

EID: 33646568790     PISSN: 14787954     EISSN: 14787954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1478-7954-4-3     Document Type: Article

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