Determinants of self-rated health among community-dwelling women aged 40 years and over in Japan

Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 210, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 11-19

  Kanagae, Mitsuo ^a,b   Abe, Yasuyo ^a   Honda, Sumihisa ^a   Takamura, Noboru ^a   Kusano, Yosuke ^c   Takemoto, Tai Ichiro ^d   Aoyagi, Kiyoshi ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b Nishiisahaya Hospital   (Japan)

^c Nagasaki Wesleyan University   (Japan)

^d NAGASAKI INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Comorbidity; Muscle strength; Musculoskeletal pain; Physical activity; Self rated health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; COMMUNITY LIVING; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GOOD GENERAL CONDITION; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; JAPAN; LEG PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POOR GENERAL CONDITION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SELF EVALUATION; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ARTHRALGIA; BACK PAIN; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; JAPAN; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SMOKING; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 33748603177     PISSN: 00408727     EISSN: 13493329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.210.11     Document Type: Article

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