A single-item self-rated health measure correlates with objective health status in the elderly: A survey in suburban Beijing

Frontiers in Public Health

Volumn 2, Issue APR, 2014, Pages

  Meng, Qinqin ^a   Xie, Zheng ^a   Zhang, Tuohong ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

Functional status; Health status; Multiple linear regression; Old people; Self rated health; The elderly

Indexed keywords

EID: 84961930728     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22962565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2014.00027     Document Type: Article

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