The increasing predictive validity of self-rated health

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Schnittker, Jason ^a   Bacak, Valerio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTAL DEATH; ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COGNITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; SELF EVALUATION; SELF RATED HEALTH; SEX DIFFERENCE; VALIDATION STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PROCEDURES; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SELF DISCLOSURE; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; UNITED STATES;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MORTALITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF DISCLOSURE; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84899881284     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0084933     Document Type: Article

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