Generic quality of life predicts all-cause mortality in the short term: Evidence from British Household Panel Survey

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 66, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 962-966

  Netuveli, Gopalakrishnan ^a,b   Pikhart, Hynek ^c   Bobak, Martin ^c   Blane, David ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF HUMAN GENETICS   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE CLASS; CAUSE OF DEATH; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; LONGEVITY; MORTALITY; MORTALITY RISK; PROBABILITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMOGRAPHY; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF EVALUATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SELF-ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84866018685     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech-2011-200310     Document Type: Article

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