Risk factors for all-cause and coronary heart disease mortality in the oldest-old: The Adventist health study

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 157, Issue 19, 1997, Pages 2249-2258

  Fraser, Gary E ^a   Shavlik, David J ^a  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAT; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; VEGETARIAN;

EID: 0030826698     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.157.19.2249     Document Type: Article

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