Self-rated health in rural Appalachia: Health perceptions are incongruent with health status and health behaviors

BMC Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Griffith, Brian N ^a   Lovett, Gretchen D ^a   Pyle, Donald N ^a   Miller, Wayne C ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SELF EVALUATION; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; APPALACHIAN REGION; DIAGNOSTIC SELF EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OVERWEIGHT; RURAL HEALTH; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE;

EID: 79953886840     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-229     Document Type: Article

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