Self-rated health of population in southern China: Association with socio-demographic characteristics measured with multiple-item self-rated health measurement scale

BMC Public Health

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Xu, Jun ^a   Zhang, Jinhua ^a   Feng, Liyi ^a   Qiu, Jincai ^a  

^a SOUTHERN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SELF EVALUATION; SELF REPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC SELF EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SELF REPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 77954112944     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-10-393     Document Type: Article

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