Health Measurement in Population Surveys: Combining Information from Self-reported and Observer-Measured Health Indicators

Demography

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 699-724

  Ploubidis, George B ^a   Grundy, Emily ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biomarkers; Health measurement; Measurement error; Self rated health; Socioeconomic position

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957636173     PISSN: 00703370     EISSN: 15337790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13524-011-0028-1     Document Type: Article

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