Is the use of self-rated health measures to assess health inequalities misleading?

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1436-1437

  Subramanian, S V ^a   Ertel, Karen ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INCOME; LETTER; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; SELF EFFICACY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 57349138239     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyn205     Document Type: Letter

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