The choice of self-rated health measures matter when predicting mortality: Evidence from 10 years follow-up of the Australian longitudinal study of ageing

BMC Geriatrics

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Sargent Cox, Kerry A ^a   Anstey, Kaarin J ^a   Luszcz, Mary A ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; AUSTRALIA; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MORTALITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 77950927577     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2318-10-18     Document Type: Article

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