Sex differences in healthy life expectancy from self-perceived assessments of health in the City of São Paulo, Brazil

Ageing and Society

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 35-48

  Camargos, Mirela Castro Santos ^a   Machado, Carla Jorge ^a   Rodrigues, Roberto Nascimento ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Elderly; Health life expectancy; Self perceived health; Sullivan method

Indexed keywords

CENSUS; ELDERLY POPULATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SURVEY; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE;

BRAZIL; SAO PAULO [BRAZIL]; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 37049003753     PISSN: 0144686X     EISSN: 14691779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0144686X07006277     Document Type: Article

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