Comparison of self-rated health in older people of St. Petersburg, Russia, and Tampere, Finland: How sensitive is SRH to cross-cultural factors?

European Journal of Ageing

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 327-334

  Vuorisalmi, Merja ^a   Pietilä, Ilkka ^b   Pohjolainen, Pertti ^c   Jylhä, Marja ^d  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE   (Finland)

^c Age Institute   (Finland)

^d TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Comparative self rated health; Cross cultural comparison; Global self rated health; Old age

Indexed keywords

EID: 56349146349     PISSN: 16139372     EISSN: 16139380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10433-008-0093-5     Document Type: Article

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