The global activity limitation indicator and self-rated health: Two complementary predictors of mortality

Archives of Public Health

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Berger, Nicolas ^a,b   Van der Heyden, Johan ^b,c   Van Oyen, Herman ^b,c  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Belgium)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Disability; GALI; Global indicator; Health expectancy; Healthy life years; Mortality; Predictive ability; Self rated health; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

EID: 84989211562     PISSN: 07787367     EISSN: 20493258     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13690-015-0073-0     Document Type: Article

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