Association between self-reported general and mental health and adverse outcomes: A retrospective cohort study of 19 625 Scottish adults

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Ul Haq, Zia ^a,b   Mackay, Daniel F ^a   Pell, Jill P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b KHYBER MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CANCER REGISTRY; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELF REPORT; SMOKING; SOCIAL STATUS; CORONARY DISEASE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MENTAL DISORDERS; NEOPLASMS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BODY MASS INDEX; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY DISEASE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; NEOPLASMS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCOTLAND; SELF REPORT; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84899415598     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0093857     Document Type: Article

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