Serious Psychological Distress, as Measured by the K6, and Mortality

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 202-209

  Pratt, Laura A ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Health Surveys; Mental Health; Mortality; Prospective; Psychological Distress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EDUCATION; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; K6 SCALE; LEISURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MORTALITY; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RACE; RATING SCALE; SMOKING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 59649097639     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2008.12.005     Document Type: Article

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