Health Risk or Resource? Gradual and Independent Association between Self-Rated Health and Mortality Persists Over 30 Years

Matthias Bopp; Julia Braun; Felix Gutzwiller; David Faeh; for the Swiss National Cohort Study Group

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0030795

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Health Risk or Resource? Gradual and Independent Association between Self-Rated Health and Mortality Persists Over 30 Years

Matthias Bopp ,

* E-mail: bopp@ifspm.uzh.ch

Affiliation Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine (ISPM), University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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Julia Braun,

Affiliation Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine (ISPM), University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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Felix Gutzwiller,

Affiliation Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine (ISPM), University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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David Faeh,
for the Swiss National Cohort Study Group

Health Risk or Resource? Gradual and Independent Association between Self-Rated Health and Mortality Persists Over 30 Years

Matthias Bopp,
Julia Braun,
Felix Gutzwiller,
David Faeh,
for the Swiss National Cohort Study Group

Published: February 9, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0030795

About the Authors

Matthias Bopp

* E-mail: bopp@ifspm.uzh.ch

Affiliation Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine (ISPM), University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Julia Braun

Affiliation Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine (ISPM), University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Felix Gutzwiller

Affiliation Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine (ISPM), University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

David Faeh

for the Swiss National Cohort Study Group

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MB DF. Performed the experiments: MB DF JB. Analyzed the data: MB JB. Wrote the paper: MB DF JB. Conceived and directed the NRP 1A study: FG. Contributed important intellectual content and gave final approval of the version to be published: FG.

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