Self-rated health trajectories and mortality among older adults

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Miller, Thomas R ^a,c   Wolinsky, Fredric D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADL DISABILITY; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CANCER; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART DISEASE; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERVIEW; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OBESITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SELF EVALUATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STROKE; AGE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; FOLLOW UP; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURVIVAL; UNITED STATES;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33947722715     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/62.1.S22     Document Type: Article

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