What does age-comparative self-rated health measure? A cross-sectional study from the Northern Sweden MONICA Project

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 233-239

  Waller, Göran ^a   Janlert, Urban ^a   Hamberg, Katarina ^a   Forssén, Annika ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; comparative self rated health; diabetes; emotions; ordinal regression analysis; population based study; psychosocial factors; risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANXIETY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RISK FACTOR; SELF EVALUATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STROKE; SWEDEN;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANXIETY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC SELF EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STROKE; SWEDEN;

EID: 84962636226     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: 16511905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1403494815618554     Document Type: Article

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