A prospective study of health, life-style and psychosocial predictors of self-rated health

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 767-776

  Svedberg, Pia ^a   Bardage, Carola ^a   Sandin, Sven ^a   Pedersen, Nancy L ^a,b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Health behavior; Obesity; Pain; Personality; Self rated health; Twins

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COVARIANCE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GENERALIZED ESTIMATING EQUATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HEADACHE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIFESTYLE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PAIN; PERSONALITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOSOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SELF CONCEPT; SELF RATED HEALTH; SEX; SMOKING; SOCIAL STATUS; STRESS; SWEDEN; TWINS; UNEMPLOYMENT;

AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SELF CONCEPT; SWEDEN; TWINS;

EID: 33845354909     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: 15737284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10654-006-9064-3     Document Type: Article

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