The influence of socioeconomic status on the predictive power of self-rated health for 6-year mortality in English and Brazilian older adults: The ELSA and Bambui cohort studies

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 644-648

  Lima Costa, M Fernanda ^a,b   Steptoe, Andrew ^c   Cesar, Cibele C ^b   De Oliveira, Cesar ^c   Proietti, Fernando A ^b   Marmot, Michael ^c  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mortality; Predictive value; Self rated health; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MORTALITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAZIL; COHORT STUDIES; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL CLASS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84864934533     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: 18732585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2012.06.101     Document Type: Article

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