Changes over time from baseline poor self-rated health: For whom does poor self-rated health not predict mortality?

Psychology and Health

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1446-1462

  Benyamini, Yael ^a   Blumstein, Tzvia ^b   Murad, Havi ^b   Lerner Geva, Liat ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b GERTNER INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND HEALTH POLICY RESEARCH   (Israel)

Author keywords

mastery; old old; perceived control; perceived health; self assessed health

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; ISRAEL; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROGNOSIS; SELF DISCLOSURE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; ISRAEL; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MORTALITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; SELF DISCLOSURE;

EID: 84858758512     PISSN: 08870446     EISSN: 14768321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08870446.2011.559231     Document Type: Article

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