Self-rated health and healthy days: Examining the "disability paradox"

Disability and Health Journal

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 71-78

  Drum, Charles E ^a   Horner Johnson, Willi ^a   Krahn, Gloria L ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

BRFSS; Disability; Health status; HRQOL

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF CONCEPT; SELF EVALUATION; SELF REPORT; TECHNICAL AID; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 41249098772     PISSN: 19366574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dhjo.2008.01.002     Document Type: Article

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