Concepts of Self-Rated Health: Specifying the Gender Difference in Mortality Risk
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Concepts of self-rated health: specifying the gender difference in mortality risk.
PURPOSE This study addresses the question of how the relation between self-rated health (SRH) and mortality differs between genders. In addition to the general question, four specific concepts of SRH are distinguished: SRH in comparison with age peers, SRH in comparison with one's own health 10 years ago, and current and future health perceptions. For these concepts, the gender-specific risks o...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Gerontologist
سال: 2003
ISSN: 0016-9013,1758-5341
DOI: 10.1093/geront/43.3.376