Cross-cultural comparison of correlates of quality of life and health status: the Whitehall II Study (UK) and the Western New York Health Study (US)

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 255-265

  Franco, Oscar H ^a,b   Wong, Yim Lun ^c   Kandala, Ngianga Bakwin ^c   Ferrie, Jane E ^d   Dorn, Joan M ^e   Kivimäki, Mika ^d   Clarke, Aileen ^c   Donahue, Richard P ^e   Manoux, Archana Singh ^d,f   Freudenheim, Jo L ^e   Trevisan, Maurizio ^e,g   Stranges, Saverio ^c,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^f CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN EPIDEMIOLOGY AND POPULATION HEALTH   (France)

^g Nevada System of Higher Education   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross cultural comparison; Depressive symptoms; Epidemiology; Health status; Quality of life; SF 36; Sleep

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANALYSIS OF COVARIANCE; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUCASIAN; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCORING SYSTEM; SHORT FORM 36; SLEEP; SOCIAL ASPECT; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEW YORK; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SLEEP;

EID: 84863722166     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: 15737284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10654-012-9664-z     Document Type: Article

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