Feeling better? Trends in general health status

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Martin, Linda G ^a,d   Schoeni, Robert F ^b   Freedman, Vicki A ^c   Andreski, Patricia ^b  

^a NATIONAL ACADEMIES OF SCIENCES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; DISABILITY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; ADOLESCENT; AGE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABLED PERSON; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33947723888     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/62.1.S11     Document Type: Article

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