Epidemiological features of first-visit outpatients in Japan: Comparison with general population and variation by sex, age, and season

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 69-77

  Inoue, Manami ^a   Tajima, Kazuo ^a   Hirose, Kaoru ^a   Hamajima, Nobuyuki ^a   Takezaki, Toshiro ^a   Kuroishi, Tetsuo ^a   Tominaga, Suketami ^a  

^a AICHI CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

First visit outpatients; General population; Lifestyle; Self administered questionnaire

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; FRUIT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JAPAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEASON; SMOKING; VEGETABLE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; DRINKING; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; JAPAN; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENTS; PREVALENCE; SEASONS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SMOKING; TEA;

EID: 0031046397     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-4356(96)00297-1     Document Type: Article

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