A simple measure with complex determinants: Investigation of the correlates of self-rated health in older men and women from three continents

BMC Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  French, Davina J ^a   Browning, Colette ^b   Kendig, Hal ^c   Luszcz, Mary A ^d   Saito, Yasuhiko ^e   Sargent Cox, Kerry ^a   Anstey, Kaarin J ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Australia; Japan; Older adults; Self rated health; South Korea; United States of America

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; RISK; SELF EVALUATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOUTH KOREA; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC SELF EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; ODDS RATIO; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84864794447     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-649     Document Type: Article

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