Life satisfaction and use of preventive health care services

Health Psychology

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 779-782

  Kim, Eric S ^a   Kubzansky, Laura D ^b   Smith, Jacqui ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Health care utilization; Health screening; Life satisfaction; Preventive health care service; Subjective well being; Successful aging

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; LIFE SATISFACTION; MALE; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PROSTATE; RADIOGRAPHY; WELLBEING; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SATISFACTION; UTILIZATION; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84932637594     PISSN: 02786133     EISSN: 19307810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/hea0000174     Document Type: Article

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