Self-rated health (SRH) as a predictor of mortality in elderly men living in a medium-size city in Brazil

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Santiago, Lívia Maria ^a   Novaes, Cristiane de Oliveira ^a   Mattos, Inês Echenique ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Elderly men; Predictor of mortality; Self rated health

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SELF RATED HEALTH; SMOKING HABIT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAZIL; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; RISK ASSESSMENT; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 77954476764     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2010.01.004     Document Type: Article

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