Trust, self-rated health and mortality: A longitudinal study among ageing people in Southern Finland

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 74, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1639-1643

  Nummela, Olli ^a   Raivio, Risto ^b   Uutela, Antti ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b City of Lahti ^*  (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Ageing; Finland; Longitudinal studies; Mortality; Self rated health; Trust

Indexed keywords

AGING POPULATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; MORTALITY RISK; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO AGING; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; REGISTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL STATUS; TRUST;

AGED; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RURAL POPULATION; SELF REPORT; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TRUST; URBAN POPULATION;

FINLAND; LAHTI; PAIJAT-HAME;

EID: 84859741563     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.02.010     Document Type: Article

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