Is alcohol consumption in older adults associated with poor self-rated health? Cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing Health behavior, health promotion and society

BMC Public Health

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Frisher, Martin ^a   Mendoncą, Marina ^a   Shelton, Nicola ^b   Pikhart, Hynek ^b   De Oliveira, Cesar ^b   Holdsworth, Clare ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Epidemiology; Longitudinal; Public Health

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; AGING; BODY MASS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ENGLAND; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SELF REPORT; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 84937944408     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-015-1993-x     Document Type: Article

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