Self-rated health status and illiteracy as death predictors in a Brazilian cohort.

Cohort studies assessing predictive values of self-rated health (SRH) and illiteracy on mortality in low-to-middle income countries are missing in the literature. Aiming to determine if these two variables were death predictors, an observational prospective population-based cohort study was conducte...

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Main Authors: Sayuri Inuzuka, Paulo Cesar Veiga Jardim, Shafika Abrahams-Gessel, Ludimila Garcia Souza, Ana Carolina Rezende, Naiana Borges Perillo, Samanta Garcia Souza, Ymara Cássia Luciana Araújo, Rogério Orlow Oliveira, Weimar Sebba Barroso, Andréa Cristina Sousa, Ana Luiza Lima Sousa, Thiago Veiga Jardim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6042772?pdf=render