| Self-rated health and mortality: a review of twenty-seven community studies EL Idler, Y Benyamini Journal of health and social behavior, 21-37, 1997 | 11176 | 1997 |
| Health perceptions and survival: do global evaluations of health status really predict mortality? EL Idler, S Kasl Journal of gerontology 46 (2), S55-S65, 1991 | 1458 | 1991 |
| Self-ratings of health: do they also predict change in functional ability? EL Idler, SV Kasl The Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social …, 1995 | 1315 | 1995 |
| Self-rated health and mortality in the NHANES-I Epidemiologic Follow-up Study. EL Idler, RJ Angel American journal of public health 80 (4), 446-452, 1990 | 1196 | 1990 |
| Measuring multiple dimensions of religion and spirituality for health research: Conceptual background and findings from the 1998 General Social Survey EL Idler, MA Musick, CG Ellison, LK George, N Krause, MG Ory, ... Research on aging 25 (4), 327-365, 2003 | 915 | 2003 |
| Multidimensional measurement of religiousness/spirituality for use in health research Fetzer Institute/National Institute on Aging Working Group John E. Fetzer Institute, 1999 | 852 | 1999 |
| Community studies reporting association between self-rated health and mortality: additional studies, 1995 to 1998 Y Benyamini, EL Idler Research on aging 21 (3), 392-401, 1999 | 847 | 1999 |
| Religious involvement and the health of the elderly: Some hypotheses and an initial test EL Idler Social forces 66 (1), 226-238, 1987 | 802 | 1987 |
| Survival, functional limitations, and self-rated health in the NHANES I epidemiologic follow-up study, 1992 EL Idler, LB Russell, D Davis American journal of epidemiology 152 (9), 874-883, 2000 | 692 | 2000 |
| Religion, disability, depression, and the timing of death EL Idler, SV Kasl American journal of Sociology 97 (4), 1052-1079, 1992 | 603 | 1992 |
| Self-evaluated health and mortality among the elderly in New Haven, Connecticut, and Iowa and Washington counties, Iowa, 1982–1986 EL Idler, SV Kasl, JH Lemke American Journal of Epidemiology 131 (1), 91-103, 1990 | 588 | 1990 |
| Positive affect and function as influences on self-assessments of health: Expanding our view beyond illness and disability Y Benyamini, EL Idler, H Leventhal, EA Leventhal The Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social …, 2000 | 566 | 2000 |
| Age differences in self–assessments of health: age changes, cohort differences, or survivorship? EL Idler Journal of gerontology 48 (6), S289-S300, 1993 | 543 | 1993 |
| Religion among disabled and nondisabled persons II: Attendance at religious services as a predictor of the course of disability EL Idler, SV Kasl The Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social …, 1997 | 539 | 1997 |
| The meanings of self-ratings of health: A qualitative and quantitative approach EL Idler, SV Hudson, H Leventhal Research on aging 21 (3), 458-476, 1999 | 489 | 1999 |
| Psychological distress and fatigue predicted recurrence and survival in primary breast cancer patients M Groenvold, MA Petersen, E Idler, JB Bjorner, PM Fayers, HT Mouridsen Breast cancer research and treatment 105, 209-219, 2007 | 449 | 2007 |
| Religion among disabled and nondisabled persons I: cross-sectional patterns in health practices, social activities, and well-being Ellen EL Idler, SV Kasl The Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social …, 1997 | 422 | 1997 |
| Psychosocial factors in outcomes of heart surgery: the impact of religious involvement and depressive symptoms. RJ Contrada, TM Goyal, C Cather, L Rafalson, EL Idler, TJ Krause Health Psychology 23 (3), 227, 2004 | 301 | 2004 |
| Religion, health, and nonphysical senses of self EL Idler Social Forces 74 (2), 683-704, 1995 | 294 | 1995 |
| Discussion: gender differences in self-rated health, in mortality, and in the relationship between the two EL Idler The Gerontologist 43 (3), 372-375, 2003 | 273 | 2003 |