Self-rated health: Changes, trajectories, and their antecedents among African Americans

Journal of Aging and Health

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 143-158

  Wolinsky, Fredric D ^a   Miller, Thomas R ^a   Malmstrom, Theodore K ^b   Miller, J Philip ^c   Schootman, Mario ^c   Andresen, Elena M ^d   Miller, Douglas K ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^e INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Longitudinal modeling; Self rated health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; COGNITION; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GENDER; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL STATUS;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); UNITED STATES;

EID: 39049108167     PISSN: 08982643     EISSN: 15526887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0898264307310449     Document Type: Article

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