Do interviewer and physician health ratings predict mortality?: A comparison with self-rated health

Epidemiology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 913-920

  Todd, Megan A ^a   Goldman, Noreen ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MENTAL HEALTH; MORTALITY; PHYSICIAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELF CONCEPT; TAIWAN; WELLBEING;

AGED; DIAGNOSTIC SELF EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PHYSICIANS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TAIWAN;

EID: 84885378653     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: 15315487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EDE.0b013e3182a713a8     Document Type: Article

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