Factors associated with self-rated health (SRH) of a University of the Third Age (U3A) class participants

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 156-161

  Maniecka Bryła, Irena ^a   Gajewska, Olga ^a   Burzyńska, Monika ^a   Bryła, Marek ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

Author keywords

Poland; SRH; U3A

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HEADACHE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCOME; INSOMNIA; LEG EDEMA; LONELINESS; MALE; MARRIAGE; MASTALGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF CONCEPT; SELF RATED HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPINAL PAIN; TOOTH PAIN; VARICOSIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF REPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84878643712     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: 18726976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2013.03.006     Document Type: Article

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