Prospective association between self-reported life satisfaction and mortality: Results from the MONICA/KORA Augsburg S3 survey cohort study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Lacruz, Maria E ^a   Emeny, Rebecca T ^a   Baumert, Jens ^a   Ladwig, Karl H ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SATISFACTION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 79960560739     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-579     Document Type: Article

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