Cohort profile: The Health and Retirement Study (HRS)

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 576-585

  Sonnega, Amanda ^a   Faul, Jessica D ^a   Ofstedal, Mary Beth ^a   Langa, Kenneth M ^a,b,c   Phillips, John W R ^a   Weir, David R ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHOLESTEROL; CYSTATIN C; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; EMPLOYER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOD SECURITY; HEALTH AND RETIREMENT STUDY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; JOB STRESS; MALE; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETIREMENT; SELF CARE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SECURITY; TELEPHONE INTERVIEW; UNITED STATES; VETERAN; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FITNESS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HEALTH STATUS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AGED; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL FITNESS; RETIREMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84899848733     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyu067     Document Type: Article

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