Are different measures of self-rated health comparable? An assessment in five European countries

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 773-781

  Jürges, Hendrik ^a   Avendano, Mauricio ^b   MacKenbach, Johan P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Europe; International comparisons; Research design; Self rated health; World health

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEPRESSION; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); UNITED STATES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 58249114062     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: 15737284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10654-008-9287-6     Document Type: Article

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