Self-reported medical history and self-rated health at age 90. Agreement with medical records

Aging Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 213-219

  Goebeler, Sirkka ^a,b   Jylhä, Marja ^a   Hervonen, Antti ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Geriatric disease; Medical records; Oldest old; Self rated health

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CANCER; COMMUNITY LIVING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FINLAND; GERIATRIC DISORDER; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEALTH STATUS; HEART DISEASE; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RECORD; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PARKINSON DISEASE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SELF MONITORING; SELF REPORT; STROKE;

EID: 34447268482     PISSN: 15940667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03324692     Document Type: Article

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