Association between self-rated health and mortality: 10 years follow-up to the <it>Pró-Saúde</it> cohort study

• Main Authors: Nery Guimarães Joanna (Author), Chor Dóra (Author), Werneck Guilherme (Author), Carvalho Marilia (Author), Coeli Claudia (Author), Lopes Claudia S (Author), Faerstein Eduardo (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The association between self-rated health (SRH) and mortality is well documented in the literature, but studies on the subject among young adults in Latin America are rare, as are those evaluating this association using repeated SRH...