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The choice of self-rated health measures matter when predicting mortality: evidence from 10 years follow-up of the Australian longitudinal study of ageing

BACKGROUND: Self-rated health (SRH) measures with different wording and reference points are often used as equivalent health indicators in public health surveys estimating health outcomes such as healthy life expectancies and mortality for older adults. Whilst the robust relationship between SRH and...

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Autores principales: Sargent-Cox, Kerry A, Anstey, Kaarin J, Luszcz, Mary A
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2868852/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20403203
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2318-10-18