Examination of Age Variations in the Predictive Validity of Self-Rated Health

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 551-557

  Zajacova, Anna ^a   Woo, Hyeyoung ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Birth cohorts; Mortality; Predictive validity; Self rated health; U.S. adults

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; SELF EVALUATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VALIDATION STUDY; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC SELF EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PSYCHOMETRICS; RISK; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84965180651     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbv050     Document Type: Article

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