Self-rated health and mortality risk in relation to gender and education: A time-dependent covariate analysis

European Journal of Ageing

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 281-289

  Sanchez Santos, Maria Teresa ^a,b   Zunzunegui, Maria Victoria ^c   Otero Puime, Angel ^a,b   Cañas, Ramiro ^d   Casado Collado, Alfonso Jaime ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA PAZ IDIPAZ   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d Madrid Primary Care Clinic   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cohort analysis; Mortality; Older persons; Self rated health; Time dependent covariate

Indexed keywords

EID: 82255175014     PISSN: 16139372     EISSN: 16139380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10433-011-0198-0     Document Type: Article

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