Associations of self-rated health with different forms of leisure activities among ageing people

International Journal of Public Health

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 227-235

  Nummela, Olli ^a   Sulander, Tommi ^a   Rahkonen, Ossi ^b   Uutela, Antti ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Ageing; Leisure activities; Self rated health; Urban rural

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LEISURE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MUSIC; OBESITY; PAINTING; POSTAL MAIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; SAMPLE SIZE; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGING; SOCIAL STATUS;

EID: 58149184026     PISSN: 16618556     EISSN: 1420911X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00038-008-6117-2     Document Type: Article

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