The validity of self-rated health as a measure of health status among young military personnel: Evidence from a cross-sectional survey

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

Volumn 4, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Haddock, Christopher K ^a   Poston, Walker S C ^a   Pyle, Sara A ^b   Klesges, Robert C ^c   Vander Weg, Mark W ^d   Peterson, Alan ^e   Debon, Margaret ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b KANSAS CITY UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND BIOSCIENCES   (United States)

^c ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIR FORCE; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DRUNKEN DRIVING; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; FITNESS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MILITARY MEDICINE; OBESITY; SELF CONCEPT; SMOKING CESSATION; SMOKING HABIT; UNITED STATES; VALIDITY;

ADULT; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SELF CONCEPT; SMOKING; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33749990323     PISSN: 14777525     EISSN: 14777525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7525-4-57     Document Type: Article

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