Self-rated health and mortality in a prospective Chinese elderly cohort study in Hong Kong

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 67, Issue , 2014, Pages 112-118

  Shen, Chen ^a   Schooling, C Mary ^a,c   Chan, Wai Man ^b   Zhou, Jiang Xiu ^a   Johnston, Janice M ^a   Lee, Siu Yin ^b   Lam, Tai Hing ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b Department of Health ^*  (China)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Cohort study; Mortality; Self rated health

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHINESE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH STATUS; HONG KONG; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SELF RATED HEALTH; SELF REPORT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; NEOPLASM; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; SELF EVALUATION; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; COHORT STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC SELF EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HONG KONG; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MORTALITY; NEOPLASMS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELF REPORT;

EID: 84905386128     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: 10960260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2014.07.018     Document Type: Article

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