Health attitudes and behaviour as predictors of self-rated health in relation to mortality patterns (17-year follow-up in a Polish elderly population - Cracow study)

Central European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 45-53

  Tobiasz Adamczyk, Beata ^a,b   Brzyski, Piotr ^a   Kopacz, Marek S ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Overall mortality; Polish elderly; Predictors of self rated health

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; POLAND; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK FACTOR; SELF CONCEPT;

AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MORTALITY; POLAND; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 46149086348     PISSN: 12107778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21101/cejph.a3458     Document Type: Article

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