Poorer self assessed health in a prospective study of men with screen detected abdominal aortic aneurysm: A predictor or a consequence of screening outcome?

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 58, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1042-1046

  Marteau, Theresa M ^a,b   Kim, Lois G ^c   Upton, Jane ^d   Thompson, Simon G ^c   Scott, Alan P ^e  

^a Thomas Guy House   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c MRC BIOSTATISTICS UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^d BUCKINGHAMSHIRE NEW UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e ST RICHARD S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH MONITORING; MORBIDITY; SELF ASSESSMENT;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FAMILY HISTORY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; SELF EVALUATION; SOCIAL ISOLATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 9444264714     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2003.019307     Document Type: Article

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