Self-Rated Health and Cardiovascular Disease Incidence: Results from a Longitudinal Population-Based Cohort in Norfolk, UK

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  van der Linde, Rianne M ^a   Mavaddat, Nahal ^a   Luben, Robert ^a   Brayne, Carol ^a   Simmons, Rebecca K ^a   Khaw, Kay Tee ^a   Kinmonth, Ann Louise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEATH; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LIFESTYLE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; UNITED KINGDOM; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; GREAT BRITAIN; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF EVALUATION; SOCIAL CLASS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIAGNOSTIC SELF EVALUATION; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84878653256     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0065290     Document Type: Article

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