Trends in mortality in older women: Findings from the Nun Study

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 1996, Pages

  Butler, Steven M ^a,b   Snowdon, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b GENENTECH INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL TRACT TUMOR; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MORTALITY; NORMAL HUMAN; NULLIPARA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING;

EID: 0029890603     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/51B.4.S201     Document Type: Article

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